Derris trifoliata

Derris trifoliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Derris
Species:	D. trifoliata
Binomial name
Derris trifoliata Lour.
Synonyms
Deguelia trifoliata (Lour.) Taub. Derris uliginosa (Willd.) Benth. Pongamia uliginosa (Willd.) DC. Robinia uliginosa Willd.

Derris trifoliata is a plant species in the genus Derris.

The rotenoid 6aα,12aα-12a-hydroxyelliptone can be found in the stems of D. trifoliata.^[1]

The larvae of Hasora hurama feed on D. trifoliata.

References

1. Cancer chemopreventive activity of rotenoids from Derris trifoliata. Ito Chihiro, Itoigawa Masataka, Kojima Naoki, Tan Hugh T.W., Takayasu Junko, Tokuda Harukuni, Nishino Hoyoku and Furukawa Hiroshi, Planta medica, 2004, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 8-11

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