Cordia crenata

Delile

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Fruit - raw. In general the fruit comprises a thin to fairly thick layer of pulpy, sweetish-tasting flesh surrounding a single seed. The oblong-ovoid, orange fruit can be 13mm long and 8mm wide.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Arabia, Asia, East Africa, Egypt, India, Iran, Kenya, Middle East,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A shrub or small tree. It grows 7 m tall. Young plant parts are hairy. The leaves are oval or wedge shaped and 5-8 cm long by 3 cm wide. They are rough above and hairy underneath. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The fruit are oval and orange and 13 mm long by 8 mm wide. There is one seed.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown by seeds.

Other Uses

The flowers are a good source of nectar for bees.

Other Information

It is cultivated.

Names & Synonyms

Cordia zedambae MartelliGerascanthus crenatus (Delile) BorhidiLithocardium crenatum Kuntze

References (4)

Fern, K., 2012, Tropical Species Database http://theferns.info/tropical/
INFOODS:FAO/INFOODS Databases
Mutie, F. G., 2020, Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County. Plants 2020, 9, 1017
Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145