Coriaria

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Coriaria is a genus of flowering plants known for its often toxic species with small, dark fruits and use in traditional dyes and tanning.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Coriaria canonical 4
Coriaria japonica 1
Coriaria myrtifolia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant genus
taxon
clade Angiosperms
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Eudicots
containsSpecies Coriaria arborea
Coriaria japonica
linked to: Coriaria

Coriaria myrtifolia
linked to: Coriaria

Coriaria nepalensis
linked to: Coriaria

Coriaria ruscifolia
linked to: Coriaria

Coriaria thymifolia
ecologicalRole pioneer species in disturbed habitats
family Coriariaceae
flowerSex usually unisexual flowers
flowerSymmetry actinomorphic flowers
fruitType achene-like nutlets in a fleshy raceme
growthForm terrestrial plants
habitat mountain slopes
riverbanks
scrublands
hasCharacteristic flowering plants
often toxic
shrubs or subshrubs
small dark fruits
some species are herbaceous perennials
hasCommonName redoul (for some Mediterranean species)
tutu (for some New Zealand species)
hazard toxic honey when bees forage on flowers of some species
isPoisonousTo humans
livestock
kingdom Plantae
leafArrangement opposite leaves
leafType simple leaves
namedBy Carl Linnaeus
nativeRange Central America
East Asia
Himalayas
Mediterranean region
linked to: Mediterranean Basin

New Zealand
Pacific islands
South America
order Cucurbitales
pollination insect-pollinated
taxonRank genus
toxin coriarin
tutin (in some species)
traditionalUse ink production (historically)
source of dyes
tanning leather

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coriariaceae typeGenus Coriaria
Coriariaceae includes Coriaria
Coriariaceae notableGenus Coriaria
Coriaria containsSpecies Coriaria myrtifolia
linked to: Coriaria
Coriaria containsSpecies Coriaria ruscifolia
linked to: Coriaria
Coriaria containsSpecies Coriaria japonica
linked to: Coriaria
Coriaria containsSpecies Coriaria nepalensis
linked to: Coriaria