Common name: Yellow Cordia, Yellow Geiger, Muyuyo
Botanical name: Cordia lutea Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Yellow Cordia is an ever-blooming small tree, growing up to 15 ft tall, or
as a spreading shrub. The tree has elliptic leaves with rough upper
surface. Flowers are bright canary-yellow in clusters. The tree has a
free-branching habit. The plant requires regular watering until established.
Yellow Cordia is native to South America, and has been introduced as an
ornamental plant.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé
| Photographed in Lal Bagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore. |
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