Description

• Scarlet Cordia is a small shapely tree which grows up to be 25 feet tall and as wide and can develop a trunk 12 inches.
• Appearing throughout the year, but especially in spring and summer, are dark orange, 2 inches across flowers which appear in clusters at branch tips.
• Flowers are orange, with a narrowly crinkly tube, flaring open into a flat-faced flower. Sepal tube is long and narrow, longitudinally channelled.
• The large, ovate, 20-25 cm long, stiff, dark green leaves are rough and hairy, feeling much like sandpaper.

Uses   

• Fruits are edible, but has a poor flavour.
• The wood is used for cabinet work, Carpentry and construction.
• The fruit is used in the treatment of fevers.
• The leaves are used in the treatment of bronchitis, coughs, fever and influenza.