Cordiaceae

Anacahuita

Cordia boissieri A.DC.

Family: Cordiaceae
Genus: Cordia

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Anacahuita: Photo of Cordia boisseri ( Texas olive ) at the Desert Demonstration Garden in Las Vegas — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: كورديا بواسيرى
Chinese: 北美破布木
Dutch: Texaanse olijf
English: Anacahuita
Spanish: Anacahuite

Synonyms

Lithocardium boissieri Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.