Family: Boraginaceae

A small tree/large shrub with striking yellow flowers. Native to the Galápagos, Equador, and Peru, yellow geiger thrives in arid regions.  The everblooming flowers grow in clusters. Yellow geiger tolerates hard pruning. It’s a fast-growing tree with a spreading habit.

Plant Uses:

• Bonsai
• Container plant
• Hedge
• Ornamental
• Privacy / screening
• Windbreak
• Bonzai

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on Hawaii island (Hawaiian Islands)
  
• Other Cordia species are invasive
  
• May have low palatability to browsing animals (persists in areas with feral ungulates)
  
• Alternate host of the Lobate Lac Scale (Paratachardina pseudolobata) in Hawaii, along with several other tree species
  
• Tolerates many soil types (Not substrate limited)
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Limited self-compatibility (autogamous with low seed set)
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds, other frugivorous animals and intentionally by people
  
• Sticky fruit pulp could potentially result in external dispersal
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No evidence of negative impacts outside native range to date
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Grows in full sun (shade may limit spread)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively