ANACAHUITA Mexican Olive
Cordia boissieri - Boraginaceae, Borage Family
DESCRIPTION:
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Small tree with large leaves and showy, white flowers.
Height: 10-20 feet.
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Flowers: Large, showy and white with yellow throats, trumpet-shaped.
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Fruit: Fleshy, white berry resembling an
olive.
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Foliage: Deciduous, velvety, 4 to
5-inch-long leaves.
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Bark: Thick, gray, ridged.
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Growth rate: Moderate.
REQUIREMENTS:
Sun: Full or partial shade.
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Soil: Any.
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Drainage: Moderate to well-drained.
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Water: Moderate; drought hardy once established.
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Maintenance: Fleshy fruit messy if crushed on
concrete.
NATIVE HABITAT:
Brush-grassland.
WILDLIFE USE:
Cover, nest sites; fruit used by birds and other wildlife (deer,
javalina), livestock.
COMMENTS:
Edible fruit (in moderate quantities); jelly used as cough remedy; leaves used to treat rheumatism and bronchial disorders.
Stark contrast of beautiful white tissuelike flowers to the soft velvet dark green foliage will dramatize an entryway,
courtyard or secluded area.
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