Dioscoreophyllum
(Redirected from Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscoreophyllum Engl. |
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Dioscoreophyllum is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to Africa. The species are lianas.[1]
Species Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii is noteworthy for having within its fruit an abundance of the water-soluble and intensely sweet-tasting protein monellin. [2][3]
Species
[edit]- Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels
- Dioscoreophyllum gossweileri Exell
- Dioscoreophyllum volkensii Engl.
References
[edit]- ^ African Plants Database: Dioscoreophyllum Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris JA, Martenson R, Deibler G, Cagan RH (January 1973). "Characterization of monellin, a protein that tastes sweet". J. Biol. Chem. 248 (2): 534–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)44407-4. PMID 4684691.
- ^ Oselebe HO, Nnamani CV, Degbey H, Achigan-Dako GE (February 2024). "Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels., an African underutilised indigenous fruit". Nigerian Journal of Botany. 36 (1). doi:10.4314/njbot.v36i1.3.
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