| Voacanga grandifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Voacanga |
| Species: | V. grandifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe | |
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Voacanga grandifolia is a plant native to Malesia and Queensland. It is an introduced species in India.
Description
Voacanga grandifolia grows as a small tree and produces flowers and fruits. It produces milky exudate when cut or damaged similar to many Apocynaceae plants.
Chemical composition
Voacanga alkaloids are predominant alkaloid in this plant which includes Voacangine, Voacamine, Vobtusine. Voacinol is a new and intriguing stereochemically symmetrical bisindole alkaloid present in leaves along with desacetylvindoline.
See also
References
- ^ "Voacanga grandifolia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Voacanga grandifolia". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- "Erowid Voacanga africana Vault : Info #1".
- Hussain, Hidayat; Hussain, Javid; Al-Harrasi, Ahmed; Green, Ivan R. (2012). "Chemistry and biology of the genusVoacanga". Pharmaceutical Biology. 50 (9): 1183–1193. doi:10.3109/13880209.2012.658478. ISSN 1388-0209. PMID 22834977. S2CID 24733359.