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Cordia
Sign in to saveCordia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cordiaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while '''''' may refer to several Central American species in Spanish.
Species
Anacahuita
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyBoraginaceae
Cordia es un género de arbustos y árboles de la familia de las Boraginaceae. Cerca de 300 especies han sido identificadas cosmopolitamente, sobre todo en regiones templadas. Muchas Cordias tienen fragrancias y hermosas flores, populares en jardines, aunque no son especialmente duraderas. Como muchas otras borragináceas, tiene hojas pilosas.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,722
- With media
- 1,784
- Family
- Cordiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, CICY, ECOSUR, UCMP, FC-UNAM, INECOL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Research
470 papers- Cordia Dichotoma: A Comprehensive Review of its Phytoconstituents and Endophytic Fungal Metabolites and their Potential Anticancer Effects.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2024
- Quinones from Cordia species from 1972 to 2023: isolation, structural diversity and pharmacological activities.Natural products and bioprospecting · 2023
- Cordia oncocalyx and oncocalyxones: From the phytochemistry to the anticancer action and therapeutic benefits against chronic diseases.Fitoterapia · 2023
- Underutilized fruit lasoda (Cordia myxa L.): Review on bioactive compounds, antioxidant potentiality and applications in health bioactivities and food.Fitoterapia · 2024
- Phytochemistry, and pharmacological efficacy of Cordia dichotoma G. Forst. (Lashuda): A therapeutic medicinal plant of Himachal Pradesh.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Selected species
- Formerly placed here
- Ecology
- Uses
- Ornamental
- As food
- Glue
- Wood
- Smoking
- Gallery
- References
Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cordiaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while '''' may refer to several Central American species in Spanish.
The generic name honours German botanist and pharmacist Valerius Cordus (1515–1544). Like most other Boraginales, the majority have trichomes (hairs) on the leaves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cordia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.