Dioscoreophyllum
Genus of flowering plants
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Dioscoreophyllum is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to Africa. The species are lianas.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscoreophyllum Engl. |
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Species Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii is noteworthy for having within its fruit an abundance of the water-soluble and intensely sweet-tasting protein monellin. [2][3]
Species
- Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels
- Dioscoreophyllum gossweileri Exell
- Dioscoreophyllum volkensii Engl.
