Talk:Cordia

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[edit] Food uses

I don't have time right now to puzzle out what seems to be a complex situation about which species are eaten where, what they are called in Latin, English, and local languages. I have a couple of somewhat detailed sources, but I'm not sure they're consistent with each other:

Maybe they are, and I'm just lazy.

— Pekinensis 15:32, 13 May 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Cordia alliodora

This article referes to Cordia alliodora as Bocote but acorrding to [1] Cordia alliodora is Spanish elm not Bocote, the article on Bocote sais that it is not a single species. Maybe this species is one that Bocote is speaking of?--Mr. Dude †@£К ║ Çøת†яĭβü†ĬŎИ 01:05, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chá de Bugre

The new fad in quick weight-loss is an herb called "Chá de Bugre," and out of curiosity I looked it up here - no results. According to one site, its "Cordia salicifolia" or "Cordia ecalyculata," neither of which are listed here. Is this, like, a real plant? Snarfies 23:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Seems legit - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/babt/v49n2/28586.pdf and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1963951&dopt=Abstract are two journal articles written on the medicinal qualities of C. salicifolia Cham. It would be nice to get a full list of the 300 species from somewhere. Stan 20:52, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Also check out http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402557 , which gives the synonym and more refs. Stan 20:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC)