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Cordia dichotoma
Also called Glue fruit, Cordia tree, Clammy Cherry, Fragrant Manjack, Indian Cherry, Glueberry Tree, Sebesten
Cordia dichotoma is a small to moderate deciduous tree of tropical and subtropical Asia and northern Australia, grown for its edible fruit, fodder and traditional medicine. It thrives in warm, seasonally dry conditions and is not a common ornamental.
Cordia dichotoma is a species of flowering tree in the family Cordiaceae, that is native to the Indomalayan realm, northern Australia, and western Melanesia.
Common names in English include fragrant manjack, clammy cherry, glue berry tree and Indian cherry.
Cordia dichotoma is native to China (Fujian, Guangdong Guangxi, Guizhou, southeast Tibet, and Yunnan) the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, Taiwan, India (including East and West Himalayas,), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland), New Caledonia and Vanuatu. It is a tree of tropical and subtropical regions. It is found in a variety of forests ranging from the dry deciduous forests of Rajasthan to the moist deciduous forests of Western Ghats and tidal forests in Myanmar.
The immature fruits are used in South Asian pickles, and as a vegetable fodder. The leaves yield good fodder. The fruits of C. dichotoma are edible.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordia dichotoma by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
