Spreading shrub to small bushy tree 0 . 3–4 . 5(–6) m tall , with a single trunk and grey flaking bark . Stems multi-stems , young shoots brownish tomentose , older glabrous . Leaves opposite to subopposite , or crowded on short lateral shoots , 1–7 . 5 × 0 . 9–4 . 5 cm ; blades elliptic to obovate to oblong-elliptic , base rounded or cuneate , apex rounded , sometimes with a mucro , or emarginate , margins entire to sinuate , or obscurely crenate in the upper half , scabrid with bulbous-based hairs , erect or adpressed , venation finely reticulate , ± conspicuous ; petiole 6–15 mm . Inflorescences in ± sessile cymes or peduncle 0 . 8–1 . 5 cm ; pedicels ± 1 mm . Flowers fragrant , female or bisexual . Bisexual flowers: calyx tubular to funnel-shaped , densely tomentose , 3-4-lobed ; fruiting calyx shallow , forming a cup at base of fruit ; corolla greenish-white to pale yellow . Female flowers with 4 staminodes ; style 4-branched , exserted . Fruit drupe , 10–11 mm , ovoid to globose or ellipsoid , orange when ripe , partly enclosed by the enlarged
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Cordia nevillii Alston
Cordia perrottetii sensu Wight non A.DC.
Cordia rothii sensu Balf.f. non Roem. & Schult.
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In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "C. perrottettii grows only in the vicinity of water, and is thus to be found in such places as around waterholes at the back of the Salalah plain, in flood beds throughout Dhofar, and around permanent sources of water in the drier areas of Dhofar. Some specimens grow to sturdy, well-shaped trees, and since the foliage is not popular with livestock, it is rarely stunted and mis-shapen by overgrazing as are so many of the more palatable trees of Dhofar. Its fruit are larger and its leaves have a much less prickly, sticky feel to them than the other Cordias, and are also a clear, darker green. The fruit are ready to eat once they have turned orange, and they are very sweet, but also extremely sticky and viscous. Medicinally, the plant was mainly used in the treatment of ophthalmic disorders:
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*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://antropocene.it *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
