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Cordia collococca L.

Bird Lime; Bois Lay Lay; Clammy Cherry; Common Cherry; Red Manjack (Trinidad & Tobago)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Bird Lime; Bois Lay Lay; Clammy Cherry; Common Cherry; Red Manjack (Trinidad & Tobago)
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Antigua; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Grenadines; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Barthélémy; Saint Lucia; Tobago; Trinidad; Isla Margarita; Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); Venezuela (Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia); Nicaragua; Peru; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Panama; El Salvador; Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima); Bolivia (Beni)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Boraginales
Family Cordiaceae
Genus Cordia
Species collococca
Author citation L.
Scientific name Cordia collococca L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Bird Lime;  Bois Lay Lay;  Clammy Cherry;  Common Cherry;  Red Manjack (Trinidad & Tobago)

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Bird Lime;  Bois Lay Lay;  Clammy Cherry;  Common Cherry;  Red Manjack (Trinidad & Tobago)

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson