Biology:Monochaetum multiflorum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Monochaetum multiflorum
Lengüebuey - Sanjuanito (Monochaetum multiflorum) (15006932440).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Monochaetum
Species:
M. multiflorum
Binomial name
Monochaetum multiflorum
(Bonpl.) Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 4: 52. 1845

Monochaetum multiflorum is a flowering plant species in the genus Monochaetum indigenous to Colombia.

The leaves of the plant contain the hydrolysable tannins nobotanins Q, R, S, and T.[1] It also contains the tetrameric nobotanin S and pentameric melastoflorin A.[2]

References

  1. Isaza, JH; Ito, H; Yoshida, T (2004). "Oligomeric hydrolyzable tannins from Monochaetum multiflorum". Phytochemistry 65 (3): 359–67. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.11.017. PMID 14751308. Bibcode2004PChem..65..359I. 
  2. Isaza J H, Ito H and Yoshida T (2001). "Tetrameric and Pentameric Ellagitannins from Monochaetum multiflorum". Heterocycles 55 (1): 29–32. doi:10.3987/COM-00-9088. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13933772 entry