Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 077.jpg
Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Mauritius, Réunion (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)
36.728611, 2.194444
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, Durban Botanic Garden)
-29.84663, 31.00417
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
Location
Kenya (Maseno University Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
Town of Maseno, about 25 km northwest of Kisumu on Kisumu-Busia Road.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Cordiaceae
Genus
Cordia
Specific Epithet
africana
Authorship
Lam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#200,346 of 335,497
Top 60%
Extinction probability
6%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
