Broadleaf
കോർഡിയ സെബേസ്റ്റെനরক্তরাগ
Cordia sebestena L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 8.5 m
- wide
- 6.9 m
Boraginaceae
Also called Geiger Tree, Largeleaf geigertree
Formerly Lithocardium sebestana
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Florida (Keys) to Caribbean, Mexico to VenezuelaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 8.0 m to 9.0 mRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS 25–30 ft; Wikipedia 8–9 m
- Spread
- 6.1 m to 7.6 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- Orange, redRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Bangla
- রক্তরাগ
- Malayalam
- കോർഡിയ സെബേസ്റ്റെന
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Cordia sebestena (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.