1	"Corolla tubes 17-35 mm long; calyces completely enclosing fruits at maturity"	2
1	"Corolla tubes shorter than 17 mm; calyces only partially enclosing the fruits at maturiy"	3
2	"Leaves not scabrous, with basifixed hairs; petrioles at least 15 mm long; inflorescences with flowers usually with 6-20 flowers, flowers always well separated"	"Cordia subordata"
2	"Leaves scabrous on both surfaces, with medifixed hairs; petioles 2-6 mm long; flowers solitary or a few clustered together"	"Cordia suckertii"
3	"Leaves usually opposite or subopposite, often the lower surfaces with tufts of hairs in the axils between the midribs and main lateral veins"	4
3	"Leaves usually alternate, occasionally subopposite, lower surfaces without tufts of hairs"	5
4	"Inflorescences open usually more than 2.5 cm long and 2 cm wide; leaves oblong to oblanceolate-oblong, usually smooth or only slightly scabrous, lower surfaces almost always with tufts of long hairs in the axils between the ribs and the main laeral veins"	"Cordia sinensis"
4	"Inflorescences dense, shorter than 2.5 cm and narrower than 2 cm; leaves obovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, upper surfaces strongly scabrous, lower surfaces usually without tufts of hairs"	"Cordia nevillii"
5	"Leaves more or less scabrous with tuberculate-base hairs on the upper surfaces"	6
5	"Leaves glabrous or pubescent with soft hairs on the upper surfaces"	7
6	"Leaves more or less densely hairy and usually strongly scabrous, lateral veins usually reaching the margins; calycesoften slightly sulcate"	"Cordia monoica"
6	"Leaves sparsely hairy and only slightly scabrous, lateral veins not reaching the leaf margins; calyces not sulcate"	"Cordia obovata"
7	"Young branchlets and calyces densely woolly pubescent, with spreading whitish hairs; fruits gradually tapering towards the tips"	"Cordia somaliensis"
7	"Young branchets and calyces glabrous or pubescent but not woolly; fruits various"	8
8	"Immature fruits completely enclosed by the calyces; flowers in clusters of about 20; plants climbing or scandent"	"Cordia faulknerae"
8	"Immature fruits not enclosed by the calyces; flowers in open or dense inflorescences; plants erect or spreading shrubs or trees"	9
9	"Inflorescences glabrous or almost so; leaves glabrous, entire; branchlets more or less purplish brown"	"Cordia goetzei"
9	"Inflorescences sparsely to densely pubescent with short, crisp hairs, often also with longer hairs; leaves glabrous or pubescent, entire or crenate; branchlets pale brown to whitish"	10
10	"Peduncles shorter than 2.5 mm; leaves glaucous, entire or almost so"	"Cordia obtusa"
10	"Peduncles (4.5-)8-34 mm long; leaves not glaucous, usually markedly serrate to crenate distally"	"Cordia crenata"