Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.

Common Name: Bird Lime Tree
Family: Boraginaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: tropical Asia & Australasia

Description: This handsome, evergreen tree from tropical Asia and Australasia grows to 30 ft (9 m) high with a broadly spreading habit and broad, shiny leaves to 8 in (20 cm) long. It produces both male and hermaphrodite orange flowers. These flowers are followed by 1 in (25 mm) long dull pinkish edible fruit with sticky flesh.

Uses: In India (Western Rajasthan): ripe fruit eaten raw; green fruit eaten as vegetable, in curry and pickled. Leaves eaten as a vegetable.

Culture: These plants require steady, warm temperatures and moist, well-drained soil. They are propagated from seed or semi-ripe cuttings.

USDA Zone: 11-12

Accession Data:

Accession # 198500500
Source: FTG
Recorded Vouchers:
1. Voucher CONN00086437 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 7 August 1982. Herbarium Image
Accession Date: 12-31-1985
Bench: 1208 - AUS:East Bench SC
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-20-2025

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: euasterid I
Order: Boraginales
SubOrder:
Family: Boraginaceae
SubFamily: Cordioideae
Tribe:
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Assam / Bangladesh / India / Pakistan / Andaman Is. / Cambodia / Laos / Malaya / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam

References (external):

Botanica. Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
Famine Foods Website
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 21 April 2015.
Tropicos Distribution Map. Accessed 21 April 2015.

data regenerated on Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:33:43 -0400 [bcm v4.0]