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Internal ID UUID644068560a8bd541946746
Scientific name Heliotropium arboreum
Authority (Blanco) Mabb.
First published in Mabberley's Pl.-Book 1101. 2017

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Argusia argentea (L.f.) Heine Fl. Nouv.-Calédonie & Dépend. 7: 109 (1976)
Heliotropium foertherianum Diane & Hilger Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 125: 46 (2003)
Tournefortia argentea L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 133 (1782)
Tournefortia arborea Blanco Fl. Filip. : 129 (1837)
Messerschmidia argentea (L.) I.M.Johnst. J. Arnold Arbor. 16: 164 (1935)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic تورنفورية فضية
German samtblatt
Estonian sametlehine heliotroop
Hindi ऑक्टोपस झाड़
Hindi ओक्टोपस झाड़
Hindi वृक्ष सूर्यानुवर्त
Japanese モンパノキ
Malayalam ഒക്ടോപസ് ബുഷ്
Thai งวงช้างทะเล
Tonga touhuni
ty tahinu
Vietnamese phong ba
Vietnamese h. foertherianum
Vietnamese cây phong ba
Chinese 銀毛樹
Chinese 银毛树
Chinese 白水木

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Somalia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Aldabra
      • Chagos Archipelago
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Mozambique Channel Islands
      • Rodrigues
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Ogasawara-Shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Laccadive Islands
      • Maldives
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • South China Sea
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Christmas Island
      • Cocos (keeling) Islands
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marcus Island
      • Marianas
      • Marshall Islands
      • Wake Island
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
      • Line Islands
      • Pitcairn Islands
      • Society Islands
      • Tuamotu
      • Tubuai Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • Gilbert Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • Niue
      • Phoenix Islands
      • Samoa
      • Tokelau-manihiki
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • Wallis-Futuna Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001421768
Tropicos 100390095
Tropicos 100469045
INPN 446830
INPN 921566
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164241-1
The Plant List kew-2844023
IUCN Red List 165436903
IPNI 77164241-1
iNaturalist 769957
GBIF 10935948
Freebase /m/02x81bq
Elurikkus 459808
World Flora Online wfo-0000718578
USDA GRIN 464802
Wikipedia Heliotropium_arboreum
CMAUP NPO29533
iNaturalist 370498

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(3S,4aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,11R,12S,12aR,14bS)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,14b-octamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,12a-dodecahydro-1H-picen-3-ol 13996053 Click to see 424.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Glutinol Acetate 1781002 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CCC2C(=CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C)C1(C)C 468.80 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-chromen-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydropyran-3-yl] 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate 5480249 Click to see 616.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Tannins
1,3,6-Tri-O-Galloyl-Beta-D-Glucose 452707 Click to see 636.50 unknown via CMAUP database
3,4,6-tri-O-galloyl-beta-d-glucose 14188641 Click to see 636.50 unknown via CMAUP database
galloyl(-2)[galloyl(-6)]Glc(a)-O-galloyl 11969002 Click to see 636.50 unknown via CMAUP database
Penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose 65238 Click to see 940.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Tannins / Hydrolyzable tannins
Chebulagic Acid 442674 Click to see 954.70 unknown via CMAUP database

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