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geiger tree
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gei·ger tree  (ggr)
n.
A small evergreen tree (Cordia sebestena) native to the Florida Keys, the West Indies, and northern South America, having large orange and scarlet flowers in terminal clusters. It is widely cultivated in the tropics.

[After John Geiger (fl. c. 1832), American friend of John James Audubon.]


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2 4 BOMBACEAE Chorisia speciosa 1 0 0 5 BORAGINACEAE Cordia sebestena 3 0 0 6 COMBRETACEAE Terminalia catapa 6 1 0.
The Cordia species among those sold as louro preto reportedly include Cordia sebestena and Cordia glabrata of the Family Boraganaceae.
 
 
 
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