Dioclea (plant)


Dioclea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Americas. The seeds of these legumes are buoyant drift seeds, and are dispersed by rivers.

SpeciesILDIS (2005)


  • Dioclea albiflora
  • Dioclea apurensis
  • Dioclea aurea
  • Dioclea bicolor
  • Dioclea burkartii
  • Dioclea cassinoides
  • Dioclea coriacea
  • Dioclea decandra
  • Dioclea densiflora
  • Dioclea dichrona
  • Dioclea dictyoneura
  • Dioclea edulis
  • Dioclea erecta
  • Dioclea ferruginea
  • Dioclea fimbriata
  • Dioclea flexuosa
  • Dioclea funalis
  • Dioclea glabra
  • Dioclea grandiflora
  • Dioclea guianensis
  • Dioclea hexandra - bejuco de mato
  • Dioclea holtiana
  • Dioclea huberi
  • Dioclea javanica
  • Dioclea latifolia
  • Dioclea lehmannii
  • Dioclea leiantha
  • Dioclea macrantha
  • Dioclea macrocarpa
  • Dioclea malacocarpa
  • Dioclea marginata
  • Dioclea megacarpa
  • Dioclea mollicoma
  • Dioclea mollis
  • Dioclea odorata
  • Dioclea ornithoryncha
  • Dioclea paniculata
  • Dioclea pulchra
  • Dioclea reflexa
  • Dioclea rigida
  • Dioclea rostrata
  • Dioclea ruddiae
  • Dioclea rufescens
  • Dioclea schimpffii
  • Dioclea schottii
  • Dioclea sclerocarpa
  • Dioclea sericea
  • Dioclea ucayalina
  • Dioclea umbrina
  • Dioclea violacea
  • Dioclea virgata
  • Dioclea wilsonii - Wilson's Clusterpea
  • Dioclea sp. "9068"
  • Dioclea sp. "11722"

Chemistry

The A-type proanthocyanidin, epigallocatechin--epicatechin, together with epicatechin, luteolin 3′β-d-glucopyranoside, chrysoeriol 7β-d-glucopyranoside and 2-methylpentan-2,4-diol, can be found in the leaves of Dioclea lasiophylla,

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