Taxon:
Cordia sebestena L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:190. 1753
Verified:
03/24/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
geigertree – geranium-tree – large-leaf geigertree – French
bois râpe – German
Scharlach-Kordie – Sebestenenbaum – Portuguese
Sebesteira-verdadeira – Spanish
anacahuita – anaconda – siricote blanco –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics |
6 | Other | | | | | possibly native elsewhere in West Indies |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (s.)]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Quintana Roo (s.e.), Yucatán]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Honduras, Panama
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Other
(possibly native elsewhere in West Indies)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Ann Mo BG 75:491. 1988; F LAnt; F PuertoR | Miller, J. S. 1988. A revised treatment of Boraginaceae for Panama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75:491. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |