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  • COMMON NAME: Geiger Tree, Sebestens, Scarlet Cordia.
  • ARABIC: المخيط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cordia sebestena L.
  • SYNONYMS: Cordia speciosa Salisb.
  • FAMILY: BORAGINACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65551-2/general-information V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Highly salt-tolerant. Ornamental plant. A drupe, edible fruit. medicinal plant. (Traditional medicine).
Glabrous or somewhat scabrous tree, medium in size, up to 3 meters high, with round-headed crown, often with a crooked trunk and brown-ridged bark. Leaves large, long-petioled, orbicular-ovate, 4-12cm long. Flowers vivid scarlet, in clusters or cymes. Calyx-teeth short ovate. Corolla tube as long as calyx, lobes oblong-linear. Style 4-lobed. Stigma fan-shaped. Flowering in spring.
Cultivated in dry places, gardens, parks and in variety of salty regions.
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