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Allophylus edulis

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Allophylus edulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Allophylus
Species:
A. edulis
Binomial name
Allophylus edulis

Allophylus edulis (Portuguese: chal-chal) is a plant species in the genus Allophylus endemic to the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

Phytochemistry

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Quebrachitol,[1] a cyclitol, and viridiflorol,[2] a sesquiterpenoid, are found in A. edulis.

Vernacular names

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This plant has several different common names.

Young allophylus edulis

In Paraguay it's called kokû, with a nasal ending. In Argentina, the common name is chal-chal (hence Los Chalchaleros, a folkloric music group), as in Portuguese. Other names in Brazil are 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, vacum and vacunzeiro.

References

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  1. ^ Díaz, Martina; González, Andrés; Castro-Gamboa, Ian; Gonzalez, David; Rossini, Carmen (13 October 2008). "First record of l-quebrachitol in Allophylus edulis (Sapindaceae)". Carbohydrate Research. 343 (15): 2699–2700. doi:10.1016/j.carres.2008.07.014. PMID 18715552.
  2. ^ Trevizan, Lucas Noboru Fatori; Nascimento, Kamilla Felipe do; Santos, Joyce Alencar; Kassuya, Candida Aparecida Leite; Cardoso, Claudia Andrea Lima; Vieira, Maria do Carmo; Moreira, Flora Martinez Figueira; Croda, Julio; Formagio, Anelise Samara Nazari (2016). "Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti- Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity of viridiflorol: The major constituent of Allophylus edulis (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Radlk". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 192: 510–515. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2016.08.053. PMID 27612433.
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Data related to Allophylus edulis at Wikispecies