| Cordia boissieri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Cordia |
| Species: | C. boissieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cordia boissieri | |
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| Natural range | |
Cordia boissieri is a white-flowered, evergreen shrub or small tree in the borage family (Boraginaceae). Its native range extends from southern Texas in the United States south to central Mexico. Common names include anacahuita, Mexican olive,[1] white cordia, and Texas wild olive.[2] It is named after the Swiss explorer and botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.
- ^ a b "Cordia boissieri". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ Llamas, Kirsten Albrecht (2003). Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. Timber Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-88192-585-2.