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Cordia myxa

Accession Count: 1

Common Name: Assyrian plum

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Family Name: Boraginaceae

Botanical Name: Cordia myxa

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Characteristics: The Assyrian plum produces a fruit that is light pale to brown or even pink in color with the color getting darker as it ripens. Flowering occurs in chains of small white flowers. Very fast growing under the right conditions but this means a need for pruning. It provides moderately hard light reasonably strong lumber highly favored for ornamental woodwork.

Compound: Cor myx

Geographic Origin: East Asia

Ecozone Origin: Palearctic

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Ethnobotany: The fruit is edible when fully ripe and is quite sweet in taste. When the fruit is half-ripe the pulp can be used as an alternative to paper glue. The half-ripe fruit is also used to make a broth pickled or preserves (the latter helping with indigestion). Consumption of the fruit is considered to be helpful in stimulating hair growth as well. Its bark and roots are often used for medicine against cough cold sore throat indigestion and other ailments.

Height: 16 - 20 feet

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Color: White

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Allergen: Non-allergenic

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Toxicity: Benign

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Water Use: Moderate Water Use

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