How to identify Nettletree
Identify Nettletree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: White fruit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Nettletree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cordia alba
- Genus
- Cordia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nettletree itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nettletree itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Nettletree
Nettletree (Cordia alba) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a tree.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Nettletree belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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