Voacanga grandifolia
Appearance
Voacanga grandifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Voacanga |
Species: | V. grandifolia
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Binomial name | |
Voacanga grandifolia | |
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Voacanga grandifolia is a plant native to Malesia and Queensland. It is an introduced species in India.[1]
Description
[edit]Voacanga grandifolia grows as a small tree and produces flowers and fruits. It produces milky exudate when cut or damaged similar to many Apocynaceae plants.[2]
Chemical composition
[edit]Voacanga alkaloids are predominant alkaloid in this plant which includes Voacangine, Voacamine, Vobtusine.[3][unreliable source?] Voacinol is a new and intriguing stereochemically symmetrical bisindole alkaloid present in leaves along with desacetylvindoline.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Voacanga grandifolia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Voacanga grandifolia". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Erowid Voacanga africana Vault : Info #1".
- ^ Hussain, Hidayat; Hussain, Javid; Al-Harrasi, Ahmed; Green, Ivan R. (2012). "Chemistry and biology of the genusVoacanga". Pharmaceutical Biology. 50 (9): 1183–1193. doi:10.3109/13880209.2012.658478. ISSN 1388-0209. PMID 22834977. S2CID 24733359.