Macropsychanthus megacarpus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Macropsychanthus |
Species: | M. megacarpus
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Binomial name | |
Macropsychanthus megacarpus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Macropsychanthus megacarpus (syn. Dioclea megacarpa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Central America, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. [1] A climber, it is typically found in wet tropical rainforests. [1] [2] Its seeds contain large amounts of the non-proteinogenic amino acid L-canavanine. [2]
Macropsychanthus megacarpus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Macropsychanthus |
Species: | M. megacarpus
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Binomial name | |
Macropsychanthus megacarpus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Macropsychanthus megacarpus (syn. Dioclea megacarpa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Central America, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. [1] A climber, it is typically found in wet tropical rainforests. [1] [2] Its seeds contain large amounts of the non-proteinogenic amino acid L-canavanine. [2]