Sandpaper saucer-berry
Cordia monoica, illustration from the species description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Cordia
Species:	C. monoica
Binomial name
Cordia monoica Roxb.
Synonyms[1]
Cordia bakeri Britten Cordia dioica Bojer ex A.DC. Cordia diversa Thwaites Cordia kabarensis De Wild. Cordia obovata Baker [Illegitimate] Cordia ovalis R.Br. ex A.DC. Cordia polygama Roxb. Cordia quarensis Gürke Cordia rubra Hochst. ex A.Rich. Gerascanthus bakeri (Britten) Borhidi Gerascanthus dioicus (Bojer ex A.DC.) Borhidi Gerascanthus monoicus (Roxb.) Borhidi [Invalid] Lithocardium monoicum Kuntze Lithocardium ovale Kuntze

Cordia monoica, the sandpaper saucer-berry, or snot berry, is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to India, Sri Lanka and in African countries from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe down to South Africa.^[2]

References[edit]

• Zimbabwe flora
• India biodiversity
• Sandpaper saucer-berry