Aspidosperma discolor

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Aspidosperma discolor
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Aspidosperma
Species:
A. discolor
Binomial name
Aspidosperma discolor

Aspidosperma discolor is a timber tree native to Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Aspidosperma discolor contains an alkaloid that is called isoreserpiline. [1]

Isoreserpiline [572-67-8]. Isoreserpiline.svg
Isoreserpiline [572-67-8].

References

  1. Dastoor, N., Schmid, H. (June 1963). "Über die Alkaloide von Aspidosperma discolor A. DC". Experientia. 19 (6): 297–298. doi:10.1007/BF02150415.