Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Cordia collococca Sandmark ex L.; Cordia taguahyensisVell.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: broad-leaved cordia

Habit:  tree

Description:  "A smooth tree 15 to 45 feet high...has whitish branches bearing oval or oblong leaves, which are smooth above and downy below. Clusters of white flowers are borne on rusty-downy stems. The calyx is small, downy, and three to five-toothed; the corolla, which falls soon, has blunt oval lobes about 0.25 inch long, equaling the tube. The fruit is purple, about 0.33 inch in diameter, and is eaten by birds" (Neal, 1965; p. 716).

Habitat/ecology:  In its native habitat, open places in deciduous lowland to moist lower montane forests, 0-700 m (Berry et al., 1997; p. 532).

Propagation:  Seeds spread by frugivorous birds.

Native range:  Jamaica.

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian Islands		Neal, Marie C. (1965)

Additional information:
Additional online information about Cordia glabra is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Cordia glabra as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Cordia glabra may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Berry, Paul E./Holst, Bruce K./ Yatskievych, Kay. 1997. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, vol. 3: Aralaceae-Cactaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. .

Neal, Marie C. 1965. In Gardens of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 50, Bishop Museum Press. 924 pp.