Cordiaceae
Smooth manjack
Cordia laevigata
- Family
- Cordiaceae
- Genus
- Cordia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Smooth manjack, Clam cherry
- Spanish
- Cap Colorado, Mueco
Synonyms
- Cordia elliptica Sieber ex Griseb.
- Cordia nitida Vahl
- Cordia nitida var. angustata Urb.
- Gerascanthus laevigatus (Lam.) Borhidi
- Lithocardium nitidum (Vahl) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.