Key to the subspecies of Cordia aspera

1Leaves ovate to suborbicular-acuminate, 10-12 cm long. Fruit only 5(-6) mm long, 4 mm wide
1'Leaves markedly longer than wide, up to 22 cm long. Fruit 8 mm long, 5 mm wide
2Leaves very loosely strigillose to glabrescent on upper, loosely tomentose on lower side, acuminate. Calyx in flower 4 mm in diameter, campanulate to cup-shaped
2'Leaves densely strigillose on upper, densely tomentose on lower side, acute. Calyx in flower subcylindrical, not more than 3.5 mm in diameter