Cordia obliqua

Cordia obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cordia
Species: C. obliqua
Binomial name
Cordia obliqua
Willd.
Species Plantarum 1(2):1072. 1798

Cordia obliqua, the clammy cherry, is a flowering plant species in the genus Cordia.

The larvae of Brenthia coronigera, a species of moth found in Bengal, India, feed on C. obliqua.

Hesperetin 7-rhamnoside, a glycoside of hesperetin, can be isolated from the plant.[1]

References

  1. 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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