Macropsychanthus megacarpus

Macropsychanthus megacarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Macropsychanthus
Species:	M. megacarpus
Binomial name
	Macropsychanthus megacarpus; (Rolfe) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
Synonyms
	Dioclea densiflora Huber; Dioclea megacarpa Rolfe; Dioclea reflexa var. grandiflora Benth.; Macropsychanthus densiflorus (Huber) L.P.Queiroz & Snak;

Macropsychanthus megacarpus (syn. Dioclea megacarpa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Central America, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands.^[1] A climber, it is typically found in wet tropical rainforests.^[1]^[2] Its seeds contain large amounts of the non-proteinogenic amino acid L-canavanine.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Macropsychanthus megacarpus (Rolfe) L.P.Queiroz & Snak". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Rosenthal, Gerald A.; Janzen, Daniel H.; Dahlman, D. L. (1977). "Degradation and Detoxification of Canavanine by a Specialized Seed Predator". Science. 196 (4290): 658–660. doi:10.1126/science.854740. PMID 854740.

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[POWO_77212324-1-1] "Macropsychanthus megacarpus (Rolfe) L.P.Queiroz & Snak". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

[Canava9-2] Rosenthal, Gerald A.; Janzen, Daniel H.; Dahlman, D. L. (1977). "Degradation and Detoxification of Canavanine by a Specialized Seed Predator". Science. 196 (4290): 658–660. doi:10.1126/science.854740. PMID 854740.

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