Spanish: Vomitel colorado (Cuba and some of the greater antilles) name reminds people not to eat their fruit. Proper name: (Cordia sebestena) Cordia sebestena is a shrubby tree in the borage family; Boraginaceae. Native to the American tropics, it ranges from southern Florida in the United States, neighbouring Bahamas, southwards throughout Central America and the Greater Antilles. Common names have included siricote or kopté (Mayan), scarlet cordia in Jamaica, and Geiger tree (after Key West wrecker John Geiger) in Florida.