Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon

Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Aspidosperma
Species:	A. cylindrocarpon
Binomial name
	Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon; Müll.Arg.
Synonyms
	Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon var. genuinumHassl.; Aspidosperma lagoenseMüll.Arg.; Aspidosperma brevifoliaRusby;

Last updated August 24, 2025

Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon is a timber tree native to Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Peru. It is common in Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Pantanal vegetation of Brazil.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. In addition, it is useful for beekeeping.

A number of alkaloids were shown to have existed in Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon, e.g. cylindrocarpine.^[5]

References

1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
↑ Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
↑ Morokawa, R. & al. (2013). Apocynaceae s. str. do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 64: 179-199.
↑ Milborrow, B. V., Djerassi, C. (1969). "Alkaloid studies. Part LXI. The structure of twelve new alkaloids from Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon". Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic (3): 417. doi:10.1039/j39690000417.

External links

(in Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon
(in Portuguese) Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon photos
(in Portuguese) Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon

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[s-1] 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.

[3] Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.

[4] Morokawa, R. & al. (2013). Apocynaceae s. str. do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 64: 179-199.

[5] Milborrow, B. V., Djerassi, C. (1969). "Alkaloid studies. Part LXI. The structure of twelve new alkaloids from Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon". Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic (3): 417. doi:10.1039/j39690000417.

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