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

Cordia ''Cordia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and trees, that are found worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while ''bocote' ...

''. The larvae of '' Brenthia coronigera'', a species of moth found in

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, feeds on ''Cordia obliqua''. Hesperetin 7-rhamnoside, a glycoside of

hesperetin Hesperetin is the 4'-methoxy derivative of eriodictyol, a flavanone. Hesperetin's 7-O-glycoside, hesperidin, is a naturally occurring flavanon-glycoside, the main flavonoid in lemons and sweet oranges. Hesperetin (and naringenin, the parent flavan ...

, can be isolated from the plant.Hesperetin 7-rhamnoside from Cordia obliqua. J.S. Chauhan, S.K. Srivastava and M. Sultan, Phytochemistry, 1978, Volume 17, Issue 2, Page 334,

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obliqua Plants described in 1798 {{Asterid-stub