Allophylus edulis

"Vacum" redirects here; not to be confused with Vacuum (disambiguation).
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.

Allophylus edulis (Portuguese: chal-chal) 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

This plant has several different common names in Portuguese: 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, murta-branca, murta-vermelha, olho-de-pombo, pé-de-galinha, quebra-queixo, vacuum, 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

External links

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