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Cordia monoica
Also called Snot Berry, Sandpaper Bush, Sandpaper Cordia, Sandpaper Saucerberry, Satin Barked Saucerberry
Cordia monoica is a small tree or large shrub from seasonally dry tropical Africa, Asia and Madagascar, grown mainly for its rough leaves and shade. It is a hardy, low-fuss plant once established in warm, sunny conditions.
Cordia monoica, the sandpaper saucer-berry, or snot berry, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cordiaceae, that is native to India, Sri Lanka and in African countries from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe down to South Africa.
East African Cordia · Spanish elm · Anacahuita · Cordia decandra · White Cordia · Glue berry tree · Cordia dodecandra · Cordia ecalyculata · Yauco · Yellow Geiger · Assyrian plum · Clammy cherry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordia monoica 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.
