- Clitoria fairchildiana
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Clitoria fairchildiana Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Clitoria Species: C. fairchildiana Binomial name Clitoria fairchildiana
R. A. HowardClitoria fairchildiana, the Sombreiro, is a flowering plant species in the genus Clitoria found in Campina Grande, Brazil.
The rotenoids clitoriacetal, stemonacetal, 6-deoxyclitoriacetal, 11-deoxyclitoriacetal, 9-demethylclitoriacetal and stemonal can be isolated from C. fairchildiana[1].
References
- ^ Antiinflammatory activity of rotenoids from Clitoria fairchildiana. Pereira da Silva, B. and Paz Parente, J. (2002), Phytotherapy Research, 16: 87–88, doi:10.1002/ptr.807
External links
Categories:- Faboideae
- Plants described in 1967
- Faboideae stubs
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