Amaioua guianensis

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Internal ID UUID64403a69c12d0303390375
Scientific name Amaioua guianensis
Authority Aubl.
First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane , Suppl.: 13 (1775)

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Common products:
Timber is reported from plantation silviculture in the Neotropics for use as a general construction timber. The wood is typically processed into sawn lumber for framing, flooring, subflooring, pallets, andUtility timber uses (less durable applications where moisture exposure is controlled). Small-diameter logs and residues are utilized for energy (fuelwood) and occasionally for charcoal.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Ripe fruits are eaten fresh as a minor wild fruit; processed as a canned fruit product and as fruit pulp used in jams, preserves, or jellies. Fruit pulp is also used as a flavoring component in non-dairy beverages such as fruit drinks or nectars.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented uses for dyes, inks, or tannins are reported.

Wood and fiber:
The wood is a general-purpose, moderately hard timber suitable for indoor carpentry, joinery, utility components, and non-structural furniture elements when properly dried and finished. Fiber products are not documented.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented uses for essential oils, extracts, or cosmetic applications are reported.

Properties relevant to use:
Wood density is reported in the low to moderate range, supporting machinability and gluing; dimensional stability is adequate for interior uses after appropriate drying; the species is not naturally durable under ground contact, and sapwood is susceptible to insect attack, necessitating treatment or indoor service classes for durable applications. Fruit pulp has typical soluble solids and acidity of understory Rubiaceae fruits, suitable for preserved fruit and beverage formulations.

Standards and regulation:
Commercial timber uses typically follow national grading rules for hardwood lumber and may be classified within regional timber standards for structural and non-structural applications. Fruit products processed for retail sale are subject to national food standards (e.g., processing hygiene, labeling).

Sustainability and sourcing:
Production is predominantly from secondary and disturbed forests and from planted small-holder agroforestry systems. Management practices emphasize selective harvesting and mixed-species plantings to reduce pressure on primary forest stocks; no standardized sustainability certification is documented for this species.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Amaioua guianensis var. macrantha Steyerm. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12(3): 216 (1965)
Duhamelia glabra Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 203 (1805)
Hamelia glabra Lam. Encycl. 3: 69 (1789)
Hamelia sessiliflora Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 981 (1798)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000957106
Tropicos 27904166
INPN 734700
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:743074-1
The Plant List kew-7503
Open Tree Of Life 656609
NCBI Taxonomy 136670
IUCN Red List 179315435
IPNI 743074-1
GBIF 2901121
EOL 1102108
CMAUP NPO12087

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Carbon Storage in Different Compartments in Eucalyptus Stands and Native Cerrado Vegetation Ribeiro FP, Gatto A, de Oliveira AD, Pulrolnik K, Valadão MB, Araújo JB, de Carvalho AM, Ferreira EA Plants (Basel) 24-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10386474
doi:10.3390/plants12142751
PMID:37514365
Timing of seed dispersal and seed dormancy in Brazilian savanna: two solutions to face seasonality Escobar DF, Silveira FA, Morellato LP Ann Bot 07-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5946880
doi:10.1093/aob/mcy006
PMID:29425261
Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight – twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia Paniagua Zambrana NY, Bussmann RW, Hart RE, Moya Huanca AL, Ortiz Soria G, Ortiz Vaca M, Ortiz Álvarez D, Soria Morán J, Soria Morán M, Chávez S, Chávez Moreno B, Chávez Moreno G, Roca O, Siripi E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 10-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5634836
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0179-2
PMID:29017576
Amaiouine, a cyclopeptide alkaloid from the leaves of Amaioua guianensis. de Oliveira PL, Tanaka CM, Kato L, da Silva CC, Medina RP, Moraes AP, Sabino JR, de Oliveira CM J Nat Prod 01-Jun-2009
doi:10.1021/NP8006028
PMID:19514709
Antibacterial activity of plant extracts from Brazil against fish pathogenic bacteria Castro SB, Leal CA, Freire FR, Carvalho DA, Oliveira DF, Figueiredo HC Braz J Microbiol 01-Dec-2008
PMCID:PMC3768474
doi:10.1590/S1517-838220080004000030
PMID:24031303

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoyl derivatives
Capillin 10321 Click to see 168.19 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(+)-Epi-alpha-bisabolol 1201551 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(C)(CCC=C(C)C)O 222.37 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,4S,6R,10S)-4,12,12-trimethyl-9-methylidene-5-oxatricyclo[8.2.0.04,6]dodecane 9991037 Click to see 220.35 unknown via CMAUP database
Caryophylla-4,8-dien-5-ol 14524924 Click to see CC1(CC2C1CCC(=C)C(CCC2=C)O)C 220.35 unknown via CMAUP database
Caryophyllene 5281515 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C2CC(C2CC1)(C)C 204.35 unknown via CMAUP database
Fgpdtarjoxrwjd-rrfjbimhsa- 11435962 Click to see 220.35 unknown via CMAUP database
Oplopanone 10466745 Click to see 238.37 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids / 5,10-cycloaromadendrane sesquiterpenoids
Spathulenol 92231 Click to see 220.35 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Elemane sesquiterpenoids
(1S,2S,3S,6S)-3-ethenyl-3-methyl-6-propan-2-yl-2-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexan-1-ol 102012174 Click to see 222.37 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Eudesmane, isoeudesmane or cycloeudesmane sesquiterpenoids
(1R,2R,4aR,5R,8aS)-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-4a-methyl-8-methylidene-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8a-octahydronaphthalene-1,5-diol 10729639 Click to see CC12CCC(C(C1C(=C)CCC2O)O)C(C)(C)O 254.36 unknown via CMAUP database
2-[(2R,4aR)-4a,8-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-naphthalen-2-yl]propan-2-ol 10632752 Click to see CC1=CCCC2(C1=CC(CC2)C(C)(C)O)C 220.35 unknown via CMAUP database
Beta-Eudesmol 91457 Click to see 222.37 unknown via CMAUP database
Pygmol 14167388 Click to see 256.38 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Germacrane sesquiterpenoids
(1E,7S)-4beta,5alpha-Epoxygermacr-1(10)-en-2beta,6beta-diol 101014201 Click to see CC1=CC(CC2(C(O2)C(C(CC1)C(C)C)O)C)O 254.36 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,2E,6E,10S)-3,7-dimethyl-10-propan-2-ylcyclodeca-2,6-dien-1-ol 71608919 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=CC(C(CC1)C(C)C)O)C 222.37 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,2E,6R,10R)-10-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-3-methyl-7-methylidenecyclodec-2-ene-1,6-diol 15479893 Click to see CC1=CC(C(CCC(=C)C(CC1)O)C(C)(C)O)O 254.36 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,2E,6S,10R)-10-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-3-methyl-7-methylidenecyclodec-2-ene-1,6-diol 15479892 Click to see 254.36 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,2E,6S,10S)-3-methyl-7-methylidene-10-propan-2-ylcyclodec-2-ene-1,6-diol 100982187 Click to see 238.37 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,2R,3S,6E,10S)-6,10-dimethyl-3-propan-2-yl-11-oxabicyclo[8.1.0]undec-6-en-2-ol 14109689 Click to see 238.37 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,2R,3S,7R,10S)-10-methyl-6-methylidene-3-propan-2-yl-11-oxabicyclo[8.1.0]undecane-2,7-diol 10610977 Click to see 254.36 unknown via CMAUP database
(1R,4S,5E,7S)-4-methyl-10-methylidene-7-propan-2-ylcyclodec-5-ene-1,4-diol 9991811 Click to see 238.37 unknown via CMAUP database
(1S,2R,3S,6E)-6-methyl-10-methylidene-3-propan-2-ylcyclodec-6-ene-1,2-diol 100982186 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C(C(C(CC1)C(C)C)O)O 238.37 unknown via CMAUP database
(4aR,11E,12aR)-2,2,4,4,11-pentamethyl-7-methylidene-4a,5,6,9,10,12a-hexahydrocyclodeca[d][1,3]dioxin-8-one 10732427 Click to see 292.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(4E,6R,7R)-6-hydroxy-7-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-4-methyl-10-methylidenecyclodec-4-en-1-one 10729506 Click to see 252.35 unknown via CMAUP database
Germacrene D 5317570 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C 204.35 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones
tatridin B 14191260 Click to see CC1=CC(C2C(CC(=C)C(CC1)O)OC(=O)C2=C)O 264.32 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Sesquiterpene lactones / Germacranolides and derivatives
(3aR,4S,6E,10E,11aR)-4-hydroxy-6,10-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-2-one 12299961 Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(CC(=CCC1)C)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2 248.32 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Arnidiol 10478550 Click to see 442.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Calenduladiol 461835 Click to see 442.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Dammaradienol 13893946 Click to see 426.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Dammaradienyl acetate 14137680 Click to see 468.80 unknown via CMAUP database
Faradiol 9846222 Click to see CC1C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC(C2(CC=C1C)C)O)C)C)(C)C)O)C 442.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cycloartanols and derivatives
Cycloartenol 92110 Click to see CC(CCC=C(C)C)C1CCC2(C1(CCC34C2CCC5C3(C4)CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(-)-beta-Sitosterol 222284 Click to see 414.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Peptides / Cyclic peptides
N-(7-benzyl-5,8-dioxo-3-phenyl-2-oxa-6,9-diazabicyclo[10.2.2]hexadeca-1(14),10,12,15-tetraen-4-yl)-1-(3-phenylprop-2-enoyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide 74941386 Click to see 654.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP8006028
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Peptides / Oligopeptides
(2S)-N-[(3S,4S,7S,10Z)-7-benzyl-5,8-dioxo-3-phenyl-2-oxa-6,9-diazabicyclo[10.2.2]hexadeca-1(14),10,12,15-tetraen-4-yl]-1-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enoyl]pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide 44178669 Click to see C1CC(N(C1)C(=O)C=CC2=CC=CC=C2)C(=O)NC3C(OC4=CC=C(C=C4)C=CNC(=O)C(NC3=O)CC5=CC=CC=C5)C6=CC=CC=C6 654.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP8006028
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Tertiary alcohols
(4S)-2-Methyl-2,4-pentanediol 5288834 Click to see 118.17 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Ethers / Acetals / Ketals
(2E,5R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nona-3,7-diene 44575221 Click to see CC#CC#CC=C1C=CC2(O1)CC=CO2 198.22 unknown via CMAUP database
(2Z,5R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nona-3,7-diene 44575223 Click to see 198.22 unknown via CMAUP database
[(2E,5R,9R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nona-3,7-dien-9-yl] acetate 92269932 Click to see 256.25 unknown via CMAUP database
[(2E,5S,9R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nona-3,7-dien-9-yl] acetate 92269933 Click to see 256.25 unknown via CMAUP database
[(2Z,5R,9R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nona-3,7-dien-9-yl] acetate 92973365 Click to see 256.25 unknown via CMAUP database
[(2Z,5S,9R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nona-3,7-dien-9-yl] acetate 92973366 Click to see 256.25 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives
Dracunculin 5319474 Click to see COC1=C2C(=C3C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O3)OCO2 220.18 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins
Isoscopoletin 69894 Click to see 192.17 unknown via CMAUP database

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