Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.
Forster, J.G. (1786) Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus : 18. Type: New Caledonia.
Cordia Tree; Glue Berry Tree; Cordia
Fine oak grain in the wood and a corresponding pattern in the inner blaze. Blaze darkening on exposure to dark grey green.
Fine oak grain in the twigs. Twig bark strong and fibrous when stripped. Leaf blades about 3.5-21 x 2.5-10.5 cm, rather thin in texture, about 4-7 pairs of lateral veins. Petioles about 2-3 cm long. Leaf blades turn almost black on drying in the forest. Domatia, if present, are tufts of hairs.
Cotyledons transversely ovate, about 20-25 mm wide, apex crenate or lobed. A few short hairs on the upper surface near the base and on the petiole. At the tenth leaf stage: leaves ovate or elliptic, margins serrate. Seed germination time 21 to 39 days.
A food plant for the larval stages of the Common Oakblue Butterfly. Common & Waterhouse (1981).
The fermented fruits of this species together with black beans are used in Chinese cooking.