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Lonchocarpus guatemalensis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643fd73e97f18693023485
Scientific name Lonchocarpus guatemalensis
Authority Benth.
First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot.4(Suppl.): 87 (1860)

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Common products:
Commercial rotenone formulations for organic agriculture and aquaculture, derived from root and bark tissue where concentrations reach 1-6% dry weight. Rotenone serves as a broad-spectrum insecticide and fish piscicide, acting through mitochondrial electron transport inhibition. Products include liquid concentrates (5-50% rotenone) and wettable powders for spray applications.

Industrial and craft applications:
Timber applications utilize the species' durable heartwood. The wood exhibits high density (0.8-1.0 g/cm³) and natural resistance to decay organisms, making it suitable for outdoor construction, fence posts, and garden structures. Plywood and veneer production also utilizes the species when available.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No established food or beverage applications are documented.

Colorants and tanning:
Limited tannin extraction potential exists in bark tissue, though commercial-scale applications are not well-documented. Standardized protocols for tannin content analysis exist but are rarely applied to this species specifically.

Wood and fiber:
Primary timber applications include construction lumber, furniture components, and specialty wood products. The species' moderate-to-high lignin content (25-30%) and cellulose fiber length (1.2-1.8 mm) make it suitable for pulping operations producing kraft pulp and paper products.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented fragrance or cosmetic applications exist.

Properties relevant to use:
Rotenone content varies by plant part, with highest concentrations in roots (3-6%) and bark (1-3%). The compound is lipophilic (log P 4.5) and stable in alkaline conditions but decomposes under UV exposure. Wood properties include Janka hardness 5,000-6,000 N and moderate dimensional stability.

Standards and regulation:
Rotenone products must comply with EPA registration requirements for pesticide formulations. Timber applications follow regional forestry standards for sustainable harvesting. Organic certification standards (USDA National Organic Program, EU Organic Regulation) permit rotenone use for certified organic production.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Commercial rotenone supply historically relied on wild-harvested roots from South American species, raising conservation concerns. Cultivation programs in tropical regions aim to establish sustainable plantation systems. Rotenone's environmental persistence is limited (half-life 3-7 days in soil), supporting its compatibility with organic farming systems.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Lonchocarpus guatemalensis var. proteranthus (Pittier) F.J.Herm. J. Washington Acad. Sci.38: 312 (1949)
Lonchocarpus mexicanus Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.20: 71 (1917)
Lonchocarpus proteranthus Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.20: 63 (1917)
Lonchocarpus darienensis Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.20: 69 (1917)
Lonchocarpus dumetorum Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot.10: 181 (1922)
Lonchocarpus megalanthus Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.20: 70 (1917)
Lonchocarpus guatemalensis var. megalanthus (Pittier) F.J.Herm. J. Washington Acad. Sci.39: 312 (1949)
Lonchocarpus guatemalensis var. guatemalensis Benth.
Lonchocarpus guatemalensis var. jurgenseni Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot.4(Suppl.): 88 (1860)
Lonchocarpus guatemalensis var. mexicanus (Pittier) F.J.Herm. J. Washington Acad. Sci.39: 312 (1949)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000173718
Tropicos 13021974
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502966-1
The Plant List ild-19857
Open Tree Of Life 379585
Observations.org 233072
NCBI Taxonomy 1127059
IUCN Red List 62513
IPNI 502966-1
iNaturalist 118508
GBIF 2969021
EOL 639940
Elurikkus 343786

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Selection of Mexican Medicinal Plants by Identification of Potential Phytochemicals with Anti-Aging, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Oxidant Properties through Network Analysis and Chemoinformatic Screening Barrera-Vázquez OS, Montenegro-Herrera SA, Martínez-Enríquez ME, Escobar-Ramírez JL, Magos-Guerrero GA Biomolecules 20-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10669844
doi:10.3390/biom13111673
PMID:38002355
Linking Anthropogenic Landscape Perturbation to Herbivory and Pathogen Leaf Damage in Tropical Tree Communities Pablo-Rodríguez JL, Bravo-Monzón ÁE, Montiel-González C, Benítez-Malvido J, Álvarez-Betancourt S, Ramírez-Sánchez O, Oyama K, Arena-Ortiz ML, Alvarez-Añorve MY, Avila-Cabadilla LD Plants (Basel) 13-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10675074
doi:10.3390/plants12223839
PMID:38005736
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review Torrez V, Benavides-Frias C, Jacobi J, Speranza CI Agron Sustain Dev 02-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9894527
doi:10.1007/s13593-023-00874-z
PMID:36748099
Pharmacological Properties of Chalcones: A Review of Preclinical Including Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence Salehi B, Quispe C, Chamkhi I, El Omari N, Balahbib A, Sharifi-Rad J, Bouyahya A, Akram M, Iqbal M, Docea AO, Caruntu C, Leyva-Gómez G, Dey A, Martorell M, Calina D, López V, Les F Front Pharmacol 18-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7849684
doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.592654
PMID:33536909
Secondary Succession under invasive species (Pteridium aquilinum) conditions in a seasonal dry tropical forest in southeastern Mexico Jean Baptiste A, Macario PA, Islebe GA, Vargas-Larreta B, Pool L, Valdez-Hernández M, López-Martínez JO PeerJ 28-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6544012
doi:10.7717/peerj.6974
PMID:31179179
Major Flavanones from Lonchocarpus guatamalensis John L. Ingham, Satoshi Tahara, Stanley Dziedzic Walter de Gruyter GmbH 02-Aug-2018
doi:10.1515/ZNC-1988-11-1205
Additional flavonoids from Lonchocarpus yucatanensis and L. xuul Rocío Borges-Argáez, Maria Esther Poot Díaz, Peter G. Waterman, Luis M. Peña-Rodríguez FapUNIFESP (SciELO) 09-Jan-2006
doi:10.1590/S0103-50532005000600028
Flavonoids from two Lonchocarpus species of the Yucatan Peninsula. Borges-Argáez R, Peña-Rodríguez LM, Waterman PG Phytochemistry 01-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
PMID:12052520
Flavonoids from the stem bark of Lonchocarpus xuul. Borges-Argáez R, Peñia-Rodríguez LM, Waterman PG Phytochemistry 01-Jul-2000
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
PMID:10963455

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Proline and derivatives
4-Hydroxy-methylprolin 11499239 Click to see 145.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-50532005000600028
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / 8-prenylated flavans / 8-prenylated flavanones
(2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-6,8-bis(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one 25775471 Click to see 392.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
(7S,8R)-5-hydroxy-8-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-10-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-7,8-dihydropyrano[3,2-g]chromen-6-one 163106855 Click to see 436.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1988-11-1205
5-Hydroxy-8-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-10-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-7,8-dihydropyrano[3,2-g]chromen-6-one 163106854 Click to see 436.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1988-11-1205
5,7-Dihydroxy-6,8-di-C-prenylflavanone 11143677 Click to see 392.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
Lupinifolin 10250777 Click to see 406.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1988-11-1205
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Pyranoflavonoids
(6R,8R)-5,6-dimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene 162941837 Click to see 352.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
(6R,8S)-5,6-dimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene 10247444 Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(C3=C(C=C2O1)OC(CC3OC)C4=CC=CC=C4)OC)C 352.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
(6R,8S)-6-ethoxy-5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene 12016631 Click to see CCOC1CC(OC2=C1C(=C3C=CC(OC3=C2)(C)C)OC)C4=CC=CC=C4 366.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
(6S,7S,8R)-5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene-6,7-diol 11100309 Click to see 354.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
(6S,7S,8R)-5,6,7-trimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene 10475006 Click to see 382.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
(8R)-5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-8H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene-6,7-diol 101803955 Click to see 352.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
4-(5,6,7-trimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromen-8-yl)phenol 22297334 Click to see 398.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
5-Hydroxy-8-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-2H,6H-benzo(1,2-b:5,4-b')dipyran-6-one 10915521 Click to see 366.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene-6,7-diol 85398796 Click to see 354.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
5,6-dimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromen-7-ol 85366894 Click to see 368.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
5,6-dimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene 74977193 Click to see 352.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
5,6,7-trimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene 85153237 Click to see 382.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
6-ethoxy-5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-8-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrano[3,2-g]chromene 162853636 Click to see 366.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
Carpachromene 10449654 Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C=C3C(=C2O)C(=O)C=C(O3)C4=CC=C(C=C4)O)C 336.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
Carpachromene dimethyl ether 14607844 Click to see 364.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
Xuulanin 44257134 Click to see 352.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00170-9
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 2-Hydroxychalcones
1-(5-Hydroxy-7-methoxy-2,2-dimethylchromen-6-yl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one 73189671 Click to see 366.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
Glychalcone A 15230651 Click to see 366.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 3-prenylated chalcones
1-[2,4-Dihydroxy-3-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)phenyl]-3-phenylprop-2-en-1-one 321234 Click to see 308.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0
Isocordoin 6251270 Click to see CC(=CCC1=C(C=CC(=C1O)C(=O)C=CC2=CC=CC=C2)O)C 308.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00131-0

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