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Cordia gerascanthus
Also called Spanish Elm, Princewood, Baria
Cordia gerascanthus, sharing the names Spanish elm and princewood with other species, is a tree occurring in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It belongs to the mostly tropical and subtropical family Cordiaceae'.
In Mexico, Cordia gerascanthus occurs from Jalisco state southward on the Pacific side, and from Tamaulipas state southward on the Caribbean side. In Central America it occurs as far south as Costa Rica, plus it extends into the Greater Antilles. It is introduced in west-central Tropical Africa, and in tropical Asia in Malesia and the Philippines .
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordia gerascanthus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
