Cordia perrottetii
Wright
Boraginaceae Edible: Fruit
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Meise Botanic Garden
Description
A shrub or tree. It grows 5 m tall. The bark flakes off. The leaves are alternate and oval and have a few large teeth along the edge. The fruit are round and fleshy with a tip at the end. They are 1-2 cm long and 0.7-1 cm wide. They are green and turn yellow when ripe. They are in a cup shaped structure.
Edible Uses
The sticky fruit are eaten fresh.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are sticky and are eaten.
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Distribution
It is a Mediterranean plant.
Where It Grows
Middle East, Oman,
References (2)
- Marwah, R. G., et al, 2006, Antioxidant capacity of some edible and wound healing plants in Oman. Journal of Food Chemistry.
- Miller, A. G., Morris, M. & Stuart-Smith, S., 1988, Plants of Dhofar. The Southern Region of Oman, Traditional, Economic and Medicinal Uses. Sultanate of Oman. p 72
