Cordiaceae

Largeleaf geigertree

Cordia sebestena L.

Family: Cordiaceae
Genus: Cordia

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Largeleaf geigertree (Cordia sebestena) — FlowerPhoto: Allan Harris, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Bangla: রক্তরাগ
Czech: Kordie šarlatová
Dutch: Sebestenboom
English: Largeleaf geigertree, Broadleaf, Geiger tree
Finnish: Punakarhepuu
Japanese: アカバナチシャノキ, アメリカチシャノキ
Malayalam: കോർഡിയ സെബേസ്റ്റെന
pap: Karawara spañó
Polish: Kostliwka szkarłatna
Thai: คอร์เดีย

Synonyms

Cordia juglandifolia Jacq.
Cordia laevis Jacq.
Cordia sebestena var. rubra Eggers
Lithocardium laeve (Jacq.) Kuntze
Sebesten sebestena (L.) Britton
Sebestena repanda Raf.

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 379 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Allan Harris, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sean Vanderluit, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Lindsey Salmonson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ricardo Jaimes-López, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: naturedom12, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Monics Paredes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wverhoeven, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jorge Armín Escalante-Pasos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.