Cordiaceae
Spanish elm
Cordia alliodora
- Family
- Cordiaceae
- Genus
- Cordia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 算叶破布木
- Dutch
- Knoflookboom
- English
- Spanish elm, Manjack
- French
- Cèdre Sam
- Portuguese
- Freijó, Louro-frejó
- Quechua
- Ahus k'aspi
- Spanish
- Cap Prieto, Ajo ajo, Alatrique, Canalete, Capa, Capá, Nogal, Nogal cafetero
- Tongan
- Kotia
Synonyms
- Cerdana alliodora Ruiz & Pav.
- Cerdana cujabensis Manso ex DC.
- Cordia alliodora f. albotomentosa Chodat & Hassl.
- Cordia alliodora var. boliviana Chodat & Vischer
- Cordia alliodora var. glabra A.DC.
- Cordia alliodora var. tomentosa A.DC.
- Cordia andina Chodat
- Cordia cerdana Roem. & Schult.
- Cordia chamissoniana var. complicata Chodat
- Cordia cujabensis Silva Manso & Lhotsky ex Cham.
- Cordia gerascanthus var. subcanescens DC.
- Cordia goudotii Chodat
- Cordia velutina Mart.
- Gerascanthus alliodorus (Ruiz & Pav.) M.Kuhlm. & Mattos
- Gerascanthus cujabensis (Manso & Lhotsky ex Cham.) Borhidi
- Gerascanthus velutina Fresen.
- Gerascanthus velutinus Fresen.
- Lithocardium alliodorum (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
- Lithocardium cujabense (Silva Manso & Lhotzky ex Cham.) Kuntze
- Lithocardium gerascanthus var. alliodorum (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
- Varronia rusbyi (Rusby) Borhidi
- Varronia tuberosa Sessé & Moc.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: treesftf, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Prudence Kerr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: rodrigosantosbiologo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Stéphane maurange, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Magnun Paula, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeaustin Brenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.