Allophylus edulis

Allophylus edulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Allophylus
Species: A. edulis
Binomial name
Allophylus edulis
(A St.Hil.) Radlk.
"Vacum" redirects here; not to be confused with Vacuum (disambiguation).

Allophylus edulis is a plant species in the genus Allophylus endemic to the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

Quebrachitol is a cyclitol, a cyclic polyol found in A. edulis.[1]

Vernacular names

Chal-chal, aperta-goela, baga de morcego, chala-chala, chale-chale, cocum, fruta de paraó, fruta de passarinho, fruta de pavão, fruta de pavó, fruta de pombo(a), murta branca, murta vermelha, olho de pombo(a), pé de galinha, quebra-queixo, vacum, vacunzeiro

See also

References

  1. First record of l-quebrachitol in Allophylus edulis (Sapindaceae). Martina Díaz, Andrés González, Ian Castro-Gamboa, David Gonzalez and Carmen Rossini, Carbohydrate Research, Volume 343, Issue 15, 13 October 2008, pages 2699-2700, doi:10.1016/j.carres.2008.07.014

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