| Dioscoreophyllum | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Order: | Ranunculales | 
| Family: | Menispermaceae | 
| Genus: | Dioscoreophyllum Engl. | 
| Species | |
| See text | |
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]