Dioscoreophyllum

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Dioscoreophyllum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Dioscoreophyllum
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Dioscoreophyllum is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae , native to Africa. The species are lianas. [1]

Species Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii is noteworthy for having within its fruit an abundance of the water-soluble and intensely sweet-tasting protein monellin. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ African Plants Database: Dioscoreophyllum Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Morris JA, Martenson R, Deibler G, Cagan RH (January 1973). "Characterization of monellin, a protein that tastes sweet". J. Biol. Chem. 248 (2): 534–9. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)44407-4 . PMID   4684691.
  3. ↑ Oselebe HO, Nnamani CV, Degbey H, Achigan-Dako GE (February 2024). "Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels., an African underutilised indigenous fruit". Nigerian Journal Of Botany. 36 (1). doi: 10.4314/njbot.v36i1.3 .


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