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Internal ID UUID6440146c89749679685851
Scientific name Cupania americana
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 200 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Trigonia tomentosa Warm. Fl. Bras. 13(2): 142 (1875)
Trigonis tomentosa Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 19 (1760)
Cupania saponaria Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 413 (1805)
Cupania tomentosa Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 61 (1788)

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Language Common/alternative name
English wild ackee

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000629388
USDA Plants CUAM
Tropicos 28600587
INPN 629487
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319175-2
The Plant List kew-2747472
Open Tree Of Life 3942548
NCBI Taxonomy 1465295
IUCN Red List 208169280
IPNI 319175-2
iNaturalist 286306
GBIF 3189961
EPPO CUPAM
EOL 582324
USDA GRIN 12622

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A Comprehensive Account of the Rust Genus Skierka (Skierkaceae) Balkrishna A, Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Niranjan M, Verma RK, Arya V, Kumar A, Karunarathna SC, Suwannarach N J Fungi (Basel) 24-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9784212
doi:10.3390/jof8121243
PMID:36547576
An approach for evaluating the bioavailability and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements using edible and inedible plants—the Remance (Panama) mining area as a model González-Valoys AC, Jiménez Salgado JU, Rodríguez R, Monteza-Destro T, Vargas-Lombardo M, García-Noguero EM, Esbrí JM, Jiménez-Ballesta R, García-Navarro FJ, Higueras P Environ Geochem Health 22-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC9867682
doi:10.1007/s10653-021-01086-8
PMID:34677729
Pest categorisation of Phenacoccus solenopsis Bragard C, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Gregoire J, Malumphy C, Campese C, Czwienczek E, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 18-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8371560
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6801
PMID:34429782
Phytosociological Study, Diversity and Conservation Status of the Cloud Forest in the Dominican Republic Cano Ortiz A, Musarella CM, Pinto Gomes CJ, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Cano E Plants (Basel) 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7356210
doi:10.3390/plants9060741
PMID:32545541
Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence Félix-Silva J, Silva-Junior AA, Zucolotto SM, Fernandes-Pedrosa MD Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 21-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5585606
doi:10.1155/2017/5748256
PMID:28904556
Dynamics of novel forests of Castilla elastica in Puerto Rico: from species to ecosystems Fonseca da Silva J Ecol Evol 22-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC4569027
doi:10.1002/ece3.1578
PMID:26380665
Cupaniol, a New branched polyprenol, from Cupania latifolia. Sakane W, Hara N, Fujimoto Y, Takaishi Y, Acuña R, Osorio C, Duque C Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 01-Aug-2005
doi:10.1248/CPB.53.1037
PMID:16079544

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Acyclic diterpenoids
(2E,6E,10R,12E,16E)-3,7,13,17,21-pentamethyl-10-prop-1-en-2-yldocosa-2,6,12,16,20-pentaen-1-ol 163025740 Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCC(CCC(=CCCC(=CCO)C)C)C(=C)C)C)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.53.1037
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Polyprenols
Ficaprenol 12 14380582 Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCO)C)C)C)C)C)C)C)C)C)C)C)C 835.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.53.1037
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Quinone and hydroquinone lipids / Vitamin E compounds / Tocopherols
DL-alpha-Tocopherol 2116 Click to see CC1=C(C2=C(CCC(O2)(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C)C(=C1O)C)C 430.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.53.1037
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesterterpenoids / Scalarane sesterterpenoids
Taraxerol 92097 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CC=C3C4(CCC5C(C(CCC5(C4CCC3(C2C1)C)C)O)(C)C)C)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.53.1037
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Catechins
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)chroman-3,5,7-triol 1203 Click to see C1C(C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O 290.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.53.1037

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