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Cornus officinalis, the Japanese cornel or Japanese cornelian cherry, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family Cornaceae. Despite its name, it is native to China and Korea as well as Japan. [2] It is not to be confused with C. mas, which is also known as the Cornelian cherry.
The name cornel dates to the 1550s, via German from Middle Latin cornolium, ultimately from the diminutive cornuculum, of cornum, the Latin word for the cornel cherry. Cornus means "horn", [ 4 ] presumably applied to the cherry after the example of κερασός , the Greek word for "cherry", which itself is of pre-Greek origin but reminiscent ...
Cornus mas, "male" cornel, was named so to distinguish it from the true dogberry, the "female" cornel, Cornus sanguinea, and so it appears in John Gerard's Herbal: . This is Cornus mas Theophrasti, or Theophrastus his male Cornell tree; for he ſetteth downe two ſortes of Cornell trees, the male and the female: he maketh the wood of the male to bee ſound as in this Cornell tree; which we ...
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There are over 137 genera and about 998 species of orchids so far recorded in the Philippines as of 2007. [5] The broad lowland and hill rain forests of the Philippines, which are mostly gone today, [6] were dominated by at least 45 species of dipterocarps. These massive trees were abundant to up to 1,000 meters above sea level.
Supposedly, the plant described as Solanum capsicastrum and called false Jerusalem cherry is a closely related but distinct species, and the trade name "winter cherry" is also held to apply to this exclusively. It is said to be recognizable by more mediocre size, and/or a greyish hue to the foliage and/or stems, and/or fruit that have a ...
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The Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society, Inc. (abbreviated PNPCSI), is a non-profit organization which is located in Quezon City, Philippines. The society was founded in 2007. [ 1 ] The founding president of the society was Leonardo Legaspi Co .