Allophylus edulis
Allophylus edulis (Portuguese: chal-chal) is a plant species in the genus Allophylus endemic to the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Allophylus |
| Species: | A. edulis |
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Phytochemistry
Quebrachitol,[1] a cyclitol, and viridiflorol,[2] a sesquiterpenoid, are found in A. edulis.
Vernacular names
This plant has several different common names.
Young allophylus edulis
In Paraguay it's called kokû, with a nasal ending. In Argentina, the common name is chal-chal (hence Los Chalchaleros, a folkloric music group), as in Portuguese. Other names in Brazil are aperta-goela, baga-de-morcego, chala-chala, chale-chale, cocum, fruta-de-paraó, fruta-de-passarinho, fruta-de-pavão, fruta-de-pavó, fruta-de-pombo, murta-branca, murta-vermelha, olho-de-pombo, pé-de-galinha, quebra-queixo, vacum and vacunzeiro.
References
- Díaz, Martina; González, Andrés; Castro-Gamboa, Ian; Gonzalez, David; Rossini, Carmen (13 October 2008). "First record of l-quebrachitol in Allophylus edulis (Sapindaceae)". Carbohydrate Research. 343 (15): 2699–2700. doi:10.1016/j.carres.2008.07.014. PMID 18715552.
- Trevizan, Lucas Noboru Fatori; Nascimento, Kamilla Felipe do; Santos, Joyce Alencar; Kassuya, Candida Aparecida Leite; Cardoso, Claudia Andrea Lima; Vieira, Maria do Carmo; Moreira, Flora Martinez Figueira; Croda, Julio; Formagio, Anelise Samara Nazari (2016). "Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti- Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity of viridiflorol: The major constituent of Allophylus edulis (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Radlk". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 192: 510–515. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2016.08.053. PMID 27612433.
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