ABSTRACT
This article presents some tree, wood, ocurrence, uses and dendrological characteristics of Cordia trichotoma (Vell.) Arrab. ex Steud. - Boraginaceae. Sinonimia Botânica: Cordia frondosa Schott, ex Spreng., Cordia tomentosa cham., Gerascanthus excelsa Mart., Cordia chamissoniana Steud., Cordia hypoleuca DC., Cordia asterophora Mart, ex Fresen, Lithocardium asterophorum Kuntze, Lithocardium chamissonianum Kuntze, Lithocardium ex celsum Kuntze, Lithocardium gerascanthus var. puberulum Kuntze, Lithocardium hypoleucum Kuntze, Cordia hypoleuca f. minor Chodat, Cordia hasslerianaChodat, Cordia gerascanthus f. puberula Kuntze ex Fries, Cordia chamissoniana var. gardnerii, blancheti e var. martii, var. nemorensis e var.aemilii_Chodat, Cordia cujabensis var. glabrenscens Hassier ex Chodat, Gerascanthus trichotoma (Vell.) Kuhlmann & Mattos.
Key words:
Boraginaceae; Silviculture