Lauraceae

Cogwood

Chlorocardium rodiei (R.H.Schomb.) Rohwer, H.G.Richt. & van der Werff

Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Chlorocardium

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Cogwood: Greenheart (Chlorocardium rodiei) is an evergreen native to Guyana and Suriname. The tree's extremely hard wood is highly valued. — Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

arz: كلوروكارديوم روديى
Chinese: 罗迪氏绿心木
English: Cogwood, Demerara greenheart, Greenheart
frr: Greenhart
German: Grünherzholz
Norwegian Bokmål: Greenheart
Spanish: Ispingo Moena
Swedish: Greenheart

Synonyms

Nectandra leucantha var. rodiaei (R.H.Schomb.) Griseb.
Nectandra leucantha var. rodiei (R.H.Schomb.) Griseb.
Nectandra rodiei R.H.Schomb. ex Meisn.
Nectandra rodiei R.H.Schomb.
Nectandra rodioei R.H.Schomb.
Nectandra rodioei R.H.Schomb. ex Meisn.
Ocotea rodiei (R.H.Schomb.) Mez

Photos

Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.