Minquartia
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Minquartia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Olacaceae |
Genus: | Minquartia Aubl. |
Species: | M. guianensis
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Binomial name | |
Minquartia guianensis Aubl.
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Minquartia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Olacaceae family containing the single species Minquartia guianensis (also called black manwood or huambula). It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
One of the phytochemicals it contains is lichexanthone.[2]
References
- ^ Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Minquartia guianensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
- ^ El-Seedi, Hesham R.; Hazell, Alan C.; Torssell, Kurt B.G. (1994). "Triterpenes, lichexanthone and an acetylenic acid from Minquartia guianensis". Phytochemistry. 35 (5): 1297–1299. doi:10.1016/s0031-9422(00)94841-6.
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