Cordiaceae

Cordia africana Lam.

Family: Cordiaceae
Genus: Cordia

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Common names

By language (11)

Afrikaans: Grootblaarpieringbessie
Amharic: ዋንዛ
Arabic: سبستان أفريقي
arz: سبستان افريقى
Azerbaijani: Afrika kordiyası
Chinese: 非洲破布木
Finnish: Afrikankarhepuu
Hausa: Alilliba
Hebrew: ונזה
Japanese: コルディア・アフリカーナ, コルディア・アフリカナ
Kinyarwanda: Umuvugangoma

Synonyms

Calyptracordia abyssinica (DC.) Friesen
Cordia abyssinica R.Br. ex A.Rich.
Cordia abyssinica R.Br.
Cordia amplifolia A.DC.
Cordia harara Beck
Cordia holstii Gürke ex Engl.
Cordia unyorensis Stapf
Gerascanthus africanus (Lam.) Borhidi
Gerascanthus holstii (Gürke) M.Kuhlm. & Mattos
Lithocardium abyssinicum Kuntze
Lithocardium amplifolium (A.DC.) Kuntze
Varronia abyssinica DC.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.