Sandpaper Saucerberry (Cordia monoica)

Sandpaper Saucerberry, a reference photo — Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Cordia monoica, the sandpaper saucer-berry, or snot berry, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cordiaceae, that is native to India, Sri Lanka and in African countries from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe down to South Africa.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Sandpaper Saucerberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Dombeya rotundifolia
Grewia sulcata
Cordia dichotoma
Croton arnhemicus
Grewia hexamita

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia monoica

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