Dioscoreophyllum

Dioscoreophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Menispermaceae
Genus:	Dioscoreophyllum; Engl.
Species
	See text

Dioscoreophyllum is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to Africa. The species are lianas.

Species Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii is noteworthy for having within its fruit an abundance of the water-soluble and intensely sweet-tasting protein monellin.

Species

Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels
Dioscoreophyllum gossweileri Exell
Dioscoreophyllum volkensii Engl.

References

↑ African Plants Database: Dioscoreophyllum Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Morris JA, Martenson R, Deibler G, Cagan RH (January 1973). "Characterization of monellin, a protein that tastes sweet". J. Biol. Chem. 248 (2): 534–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)44407-4. PMID 4684691.
↑ Oselebe HO, Nnamani CV, Degbey H, Achigan-Dako GE (February 2024). "Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels., an African underutilised indigenous fruit". Nigerian Journal of Botany. 36 (1). doi:10.4314/njbot.v36i1.3.

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[apd-1] African Plants Database: Dioscoreophyllum Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine

[jbc-248-534-2] Morris JA, Martenson R, Deibler G, Cagan RH (January 1973). "Characterization of monellin, a protein that tastes sweet". J. Biol. Chem. 248 (2): 534–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)44407-4. PMID 4684691.

[“njobv36n1”-3] Oselebe HO, Nnamani CV, Degbey H, Achigan-Dako GE (February 2024). "Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels., an African underutilised indigenous fruit". Nigerian Journal of Botany. 36 (1). doi:10.4314/njbot.v36i1.3.