Cordiaceae
Kou
Cordia subcordata
- Family
- Cordiaceae
- Genus
- Cordia
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- سبستان شبه قلبي
- arz
- سبستان شبه قلبى
- Chinese
- 橙花破布子, 橙花破布木
- Dutch
- Kou
- English
- Kou, Beach cordia, Kerosene wood, Sea trumpet
- Hawaiian
- Kou
- Indonesian
- Jati emas, Kalimasada, Pramasada, Purnamasada
- Japanese
- キバナイヌチシャ, キバナチシャノキ
- Malay
- Pokok Agutud
- Persian
- سپستان ساحلی
- Thai
- หมันทะเล
- Tongan
- Puataukanave
- ty
- Tou
- Vietnamese
- Tâm mộc lá hình tim
Synonyms
- Cordia banalo Blanco
- Cordia campanulata Roxb.
- Cordia hexandra Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Cordia ignota Blanco
- Cordia orientalis R.Br.
- Cordia rumphii Blume
- Cordia sebestena G.Forst.
- Lithocardium moluccanum (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Lithocardium subcordatum Kuntze
- Novella nigra Raf.
- Sebestena rumphii (Blume) J.Presl
Flowers
- Flower colour
- orange (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.