Kovai Manjack
Cordia diffusa
Also known as Spreading Cordia
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-June
How to identify Kovai Manjack
Identify Kovai Manjack by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kovai Manjack.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cordia diffusa
- Genus
- Cordia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-June
- 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 Kovai Manjack 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 Kovai Manjack itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kovai Manjack
About Kovai Manjack
Kovai Manjack (Cordia diffusa) is a climbing shrub in the Boraginaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from February to June.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Kovai Manjack belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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