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Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum, the katsura tree genus (katsura, 桂), is the sole genus of Cercidiphyllaceae with two East Asian species, C. japonicum and C. magnificum, dioecious Tertiary relict trees with heart-shaped leaves and a rich Cretaceous fossil record.
Cercis
Cercis, the redbud genus (Judas tree, Cercis siliquastrum), is a group of about 10 diploid small trees in Fabaceae native to warm-temperate North America and Eurasia, notable as a polyploidy-free genomic relic of the ancestral legume.
Cereus
Cereus (candle cactus genus, Cactaceae), 30 accepted columnar South American and Caribbean cacti with nocturnal flowers and slit-dehiscent fruits; includes C. jamacaru, C. repandus, C. hildmannianus; distinct from Bacillus cereus bacteria.
Cereus hexagonus
Cereus hexagonus, the lady of the night cactus (also blue cereus, reina de la noche), is a treelike columnar Cactaceae from northern South America and northern Brazil, the type of genus Cereus, with six-angled branches, fragrant white night flowers, and edible red fruit.
Ceropegia
Ceropegia (Ceropegia L., Apocynaceae) is an Old World genus of about 380 perennial herbs with tuberous roots and flask-shaped trap flowers that temporarily imprison fly pollinators via brood-site deception; Brachystelma and stapeliads are now included.
Cestrum
Cestrum (jessamines), a Solanaceae genus of about 233 accepted shrub species native from Mexico to tropical America; tubular night-fragrant flowers, bird-dispersed berries, many species toxic to livestock yet grown as ornamentals.
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestrum nocturnum, lady-of-the-night or night-blooming jasmine (रातकि रानी), a Solanaceae shrub native from Mexico to Venezuela with strongly night-scented flowers; all parts are poisonous to humans and livestock, and it is invasive in parts of Australia and India.
Chaenomeles
Chaenomeles (flowering quince, Japanese quince) is an Asian genus of four spiny Rosaceae shrubs, grown for early spring flowers and aromatic fruit used in jams and traditional Chinese medicine.
Chaerophyllum
Chaerophyllum is a genus of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the carrot family, commonly known as chervils, named by Linnaeus in 1753 with about 70 accepted species.
Chamaecrista
Chamaecrista (L.) Moench, a genus of about 350–379 legume species (Fabaceae, Cassiinae) of herbs and shrubs native to the tropics and subtropics; nodulating, buzz-pollinated, extrafloral-nectary-bearing plants distinct from Cassia and Senna.
Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon Cass. is a small Asteraceae genus of spiny carline-thistle-like plants published by Cassini in 1827, native from the Mediterranean to Pakistan, with five accepted species including C. gummifer; some authorities merge it into Carlina.
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Chamaenerion angustifolium, fireweed or rosebay willowherb (syn. Epilobium angustifolium, Chamerion angustifolium), a perennial Onagraceae herb of the temperate Northern Hemisphere that colonizes burned ground, produces about 80,000 wind-dispersed seeds yearly, and is used in traditional herbal medicine.
Chamomile
Chamomile, chiefly German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) and Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), is a medicinal herb used in teas and extracts since antiquity; evidence is strongest but still preliminary for generalized anxiety disorder, and it is likely safe in tea amounts.
Char magaz
Char magaz (चार मगज) is a blend of watermelon, melon, cucumber, and pumpkin seed kernels used in Indian and Pakistani cuisines, especially Rajasthani and Mughlai gravies like korma.
Charas
Charas, also known as gardaa, is the resin of the cannabis plant, collected as it exudes naturally and historically produced, sold, and taxed across northern South Asia.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium (greater celandine, bai qu cai 白屈菜) is a Papaveraceae genus of five species, best known for Chelidonium majus, an alkaloid-rich medicinal herb whose oral use carries documented idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity risk.
Chelidonium majus
Chelidonium majus (greater celandine, Bai Qu Cai), a Papaveraceae perennial of Europe to West Siberia, contains 94 isoquinoline alkaloids with antimicrobial and antitumor activity but documented hepatotoxicity and negative oral benefit-risk.
Chelone
Chelone (turtlehead) is a genus of six perennial wetland herbs in Plantaginaceae, native from southeastern Canada to the eastern and central United States, with two-lipped white to purple flowers pollinated by bumblebees.
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album, called fat hen or common lamb's-quarters, is an annual Eurasian herb eaten as a leaf vegetable and ranked among North America's worst crop weeds.
Cherimoya
Cherimoya (Annona cherimola), also called custard apple, is an Annonaceae fruit tree from tropical America with sweet creamy syncarp fruit; grown mainly in Spain, Peru, and Chile, hand-pollinated, with toxic annonacin-bearing seeds.
Chervil
Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium), also called French parsley, is an annual Apiaceae herb native from eastern Central Europe to Iran, grown for delicate parsley-anise leaves used fresh in French fines herbes; drying or heat destroys its flavor.
Chestnut
Chestnut, genus Castanea: nut trees of Asia, Europe, and North America. Covers the four main species, nutrition, cultivation, the 1904 chestnut blight that killed 3-4 billion American chestnuts, and restoration breeding.
Chia seed
Chia seed, the edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a Mesoamerican mint-family crop rich in omega-3 ALA, fiber, and calcium; mucilage-forming functional food with mixed clinical-trial evidence for cardiometabolic benefits.
Chicory
Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), a perennial Asteraceae herb native to Europe to Central Asia, cultivated since about 300 BC; its inulin-rich root (40–60%) is used as a coffee substitute, prebiotic fiber source, and traditional digestive remedy.
Chili pepper
Chili pepper (Capsicum): American-native Solanaceae fruit whose capsaicin activates TRPV1, causing pungency. Domesticated in Mexico ~6,000 years ago; five domesticated species; capsaicin is an approved topical pain treatment.
China rose
China rose: common name for the tropical hibiscus Hibiscus (×) rosa-sinensis (Chinese hibiscus, shoeblack plant), a Malvaceae cultigen unknown in the wild, and also for Rosa chinensis, the repeat-flowering Chinese rose ancestor of hybrid tea roses.
Chinmay Saha
Chinmay Saha is an Indian plant–microbe researcher at HHMI, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, known for bacterial colonization of plants and rice nitrogen nutrition.
Chondrilla
Chondrilla is a genus of about 25-31 Asteraceae herbs native from the Canary Islands and North Africa to Mongolia and the Himalaya; its species C. juncea, rush skeletonweed, is a major apomictic invasive weed controlled biologically in Australia.
Chondrilla juncea
Chondrilla juncea, rush skeletonweed or skeleton weed, is an apomictic perennial Asteraceae native from Europe to Central Asia and an invasive wheat and rangeland weed in Australia and North America, spreading by seed and root buds.
Christia
Christia (island pea; 蝙蝠草属) is a Fabaceae genus of herbs established by Moench in 1802, native from tropical Asia to northern Australia, with about 11 species including the ornamental butterfly-leaf C. vespertilionis.