1	"Flowers bright red-orange"	"Cordia sebestana"
1	"Flowers white, cream, or yellow tinged with green"	2
2	"Leaves opposite or sub-opposite"	"Cordia sinensis"
2	"Leaves alternate"	3
3	"Flowers 6.5-13.5 mm long"	4
3	"Flowers 24-50 mm long"	8
4	"Calyces with prominent ribs; corollas funnel-shaped"	"Cordia dentata"
4	"Calyces sometimes ribbed but never with prominent ribs; corollas salverform"	5
5	"Stigmas linear"	6
5	"Stigmas flattened and subfoliaceous"	7
6	"Corollas white, broadest at the middle or below"	"Cordia cylindristachya"
6	"Corollas cream or greenish yellow, broadest part varying from below to above the middle"	"Cordia crenata"
7	"Fruits  22-30 mm long, 117-20 mm in diameter; trunks greyish"	"Cordia dichotoma"
7	"Fruits (8-)12-20 mm long, (5.5-)8.5-11(-133 in diameter; trunks brownish"	"Cordia myxa"
8	"Calyces strongly ribbed, 7-10 mm long; fruits yellw, up to 17 mm long, not enclosed within the fruiting calyces"	"Cordia africana"
8	"Calyces ribbed, 12-15 mm long; fruits yellowish-white, more than 17 mm long, completely enclosed in the accrescent calyces"	"Cordia boissieri"