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Parmentiera cereifera

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
Gallery
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID644027502398c789996908
Scientific name Parmentiera cereifera
Authority Seem.
First published in Bot. Voy. Herald : 182 (1854)

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Language Common/alternative name
English candle tree
Spanish palo de velas
Spanish velario
Arabic برمنتية شمعية
Bengali মোমবাতি গাছ
Persian درخت شمع
Japanese ロウソクノキ
Malayalam മെഴുകുതിരി മരം
Punjab موم بتی رکھ
Tamil மெழுகுவர்த்தி மரம்
Chinese 蜡烛树

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Panamá

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000779489
USDA Plants PACE8
Tropicos 3700632
INPN 446996
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:110245-1
The Plant List kew-318066
Open Tree Of Life 85465
NCBI Taxonomy 163100
IUCN Red List 32689
IPNI 110245-1
iNaturalist 427337
GBIF 5415088
Freebase /m/07gg3b
EPPO PAFCE
EOL 484979
USDA GRIN 26784
Wikipedia Parmentiera_cereifera

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon Horackova J, Chuspe Zans ME, Kokoska L, Sulaiman N, Clavo Peralta ZM, Bortl L, Polesny Z J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10176740
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00586-4
PMID:37170108
A nuclear target sequence capture probe set for phylogeny reconstruction of the charismatic plant family Bignoniaceae Fonseca LH, Carlsen MM, Fine PV, Lohmann LG Front Genet 09-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9869424
doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.1085692
PMID:36699458
Somaclonal Variation—Advantage or Disadvantage in Micropropagation of the Medicinal Plants Duta-Cornescu G, Constantin N, Pojoga DM, Nicuta D, Simon-Gruita A Int J Mol Sci 03-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9821087
doi:10.3390/ijms24010838
PMID:36614275
Phenolic acid glycosides from Parmentiera cereifera Seem. (Candle tree) Nada M. Abdel-Wahab, Ashraf N.E. Hamed, Hany E. Khalil, Mamdouh N. Samy, Amira S. Wanas, Mostafa A. Fouad, Mohamed S. Kamel Elsevier BV 02-May-2014
doi:10.1016/J.PHYTOL.2014.04.013
Molecular Detection of Eukaryotes in a Single Human Stool Sample from Senegal Hamad I, Sokhna C, Raoult D, Bittar F PLoS One 13-Jul-2012
PMCID:PMC3396631
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040888
PMID:22808282
The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective Fleming TH, Geiselman C, Kress WJ Ann Bot 29-Sep-2009
PMCID:PMC2766192
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197
PMID:19789175
Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms: Progress, Problems and Prospects BENNETT MD, LEITCH IJ Ann Bot 01-Jan-2005
PMCID:PMC4246708
doi:10.1093/aob/mci003
PMID:15596457

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Methoxybenzoic acids and derivatives / P-methoxybenzoic acids and derivatives
Isovanillic Acid 12575 Click to see 168.15 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOL.2014.04.013
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acyl glycosides / Fatty acyl glycosides of mono- and disaccharides
6-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxycyclohexa-2,4-diene-1-carboxylic acid 102138460 Click to see 438.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOL.2014.04.013
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
2-hydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(4-hydroxybenzoyl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxybenzoic acid 102138461 Click to see 436.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOL.2014.04.013

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