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Internal ID UUID644035d1dd668408014062
Scientific name Ceratiosicyos laevis
Authority (Thunb.) A.Meeuse
First published in Bothalia 8: 20 (1962)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melothria velutina Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 613 (1881)
Pilogyne velutina Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 278 (1836)
Zehneria velutina Arn. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 275 (1841)
Bryonia laevis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 13 (1794)
Ceratiosicyos ecklonii Nees Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 281 (1836)

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English cucumber pod creeper

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000924404
Tropicos 300001
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56878-1
The Plant List kew-4711057
Open Tree Of Life 1047369
NCBI Taxonomy 212226
IPNI 56878-1
iNaturalist 581939
GBIF 3761014
EOL 6860896
USDA GRIN 451079
Wikipedia Ceratiosicyos_laevis

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Gynocardin in Ceratiosicyos laevis (achariaceae) Søren Rosendal Jensen, Bent Juhl Nielsen Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81693-3

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
[(1R,3E,5R,7S,11S,12R,13S,14S)-11,13-dihydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyl-2-oxo-1-tricyclo[10.3.0.05,7]pentadeca-3,9-dienyl] benzoate 163193314 Click to see 438.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81693-3
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Secondary alcohols
Cyclopent-4-ene-1,2,3-triol 12660049 Click to see 116.11 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81693-3
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Cyanogenic glycosides
(1R,4R,5S)-4,5-dihydroxy-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycyclopent-2-ene-1-carbonitrile 163035124 Click to see 303.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81693-3
2-Cyclopentene-1-carbonitrile, 1-(hexopyranosyloxy)-4,5-dihydroxy- 122812 Click to see 303.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81693-3
Gynocardin 13942401 Click to see C1=CC(C(C1O)O)(C#N)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O 303.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81693-3

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