✿Boraginaceae · Cordia
Kovai Manjack
Cordia diffusa
Also known as Spreading Cordia
Climbing shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-June
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.
Botanical family
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Kovai Manjack belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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