Cordia

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Cordia | image = Cordia boisseri flowers.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Cordia boisseri in bloom | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Lamiales | familia = Boraginaceae | genus = Cordia | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Cordia abyssinica
Cordia africana
Cordia alliodora
Cordia boisseri
Cordia buddeloides
Cordia collococca
Cordia crenata
Cordia croatii
Cordia cymosa
Cordia dentata
Cordia dichotoma(?)
Cordia eleagnoides
Cordia gerascanthus
Cordia globosa
Cordia guanacastensis
Cordia linnaei
Cordia lutea
Cordia macleodii
Cordia martinicensis
Cordia millenii
Cordia nesophila
Cordia nodosa
Cordia obliqua(?)
Cordia panamensis
Cordia parvifolia
Cordia reticulata
Cordia sebestena
Cordia subcordata
Cordia sulcata
Cordia thaisiana }}

Cordia is a genus of shrubs and trees in the borage family Boraginaceae. About 300 species have been identified worldwide, mostly in warmer regions.

Many Cordias have fragrant showy flowers and are popular in gardens, although they are not especially hardy. Like most other Boraginaceae, most have hairy leaves.

Cordia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus and two bucculatricid leaf-miners recorded solely from Cordia, Bucculatrix caribbea and Bucculatrix cordiaella.

A number of the tropical species have edible fruits, called sebesten. In India, the fruits of local species are used as a vegetable, raw, cooked, or pickled, and are known by many names, including lasora in Hindi.

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