Biology:Minquartia
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Short description: Genus of trees
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Olacaceae |
| Genus: | Minquartia Aubl. |
| Species: | M. guianensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Minquartia guianensis Aubl.
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Minquartia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Olacaceae family containing the single species Minquartia guianensis (also called black manwood or huambula). It is found in Bolivia, Brazil , Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
One of the phytochemicals it contains is lichexanthone.[2]
References
- ↑ Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Minquartia guianensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
- ↑ El-Seedi, Hesham R.; Hazell, Alan C.; Torssell, Kurt B.G. (1994). "Triterpenes, lichexanthone and an acetylenic acid from Minquartia guianensis". Phytochemistry 35 (5): 1297–1299. doi:10.1016/s0031-9422(00)94841-6.
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