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Cupania cinerea

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Cupania cinerea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Cupania
Species:
C. cinerea
Binomial name
Cupania cinerea

Cupania cinerea is a plant species in the family Sapindaceae. It was described as a new species in 1843 by German botanist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig.[1] The plant is native to South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela) and Central America (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá).[2]

Several phytochemicals occur in the plant, including cupacinoside, cupacinoxepin, scopoletin, caryophyllene oxide, two bisabolene sesquiterpenes, lichexanthone, gustastatin, lupenone, betulone, 17β,21β-epoxyhopan-3-one, taraxerol, and taraxerone.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Poeppig, Eduard; Endlicher, Stephan (1843). Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica (in Latin). Vol. 3. Leipzig: Sumptibus F. Hofmeister. p. 38.
  2. ^ "Cupania cinerea Poepp". Plants of the World Online. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ Gachet, M. Salomé; Kunert, Olaf; Kaiser, Marcel; Brun, Reto; Zehl, Martin; Keller, Walter; Muñoz, Ricardo A.; Bauer, Rudolf; Schuehly, Wolfgang (2011). "Antiparasitic compounds from Cupania cinerea with activities against Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma bruceirhodesiense". Journal of Natural Products. 74 (4): 559–566. doi:10.1021/np100415m. PMID 21438586.