Cordia obliqua
Cordia obliqua, the clammy cherry, is a flowering plant species in the genus Cordia.
| Cordia obliqua | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Cordia |
| Species: | C. obliqua |
| Binomial name | |
| Cordia obliqua Willd. Species Plantarum 1(2):1072. 1798 | |
The larvae of Brenthia coronigera, a species of moth found in Bengal, India, feed on Cordia obliqua.
Hesperetin 7-rhamnoside, a glycoside of hesperetin, can be isolated from the plant.[1]
References
- Hesperetin 7-rhamnoside from Cordia obliqua. J.S. Chauhan, S.K. Srivastava and M. Sultan, Phytochemistry, 1978, Volume 17, Issue 2, Page 334, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94187-6
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