Allophylus edulis explained

Allophylus edulis (Portuguese: chal-chal) is a plant species in the genus Allophylus endemic to the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

Phytochemistry

Quebrachitol,^[1] a cyclitol, and viridiflorol,^[2] a sesquiterpenoid, are found in A. edulis.

Vernacular names

This plant has several different common names.In Paraguay it's called kokû, with a nasal ending. In Argentina, the common name is chal-chal (hence Los Chalchaleros, a folkloric music group), as in Portuguese. Other names in Brazil are aperta-goela, baga-de-morcego, chala-chala, chale-chale, cocum, fruta-de-paraó, fruta-de-passarinho, fruta-de-pavão, fruta-de-pavó, fruta-de-pombo, murta-branca, murta-vermelha, olho-de-pombo, pé-de-galinha, quebra-queixo, vacum and vacunzeiro.

Notes and References

1. First record of l-quebrachitol in Allophylus edulis (Sapindaceae) . Martina . Díaz . Andrés . González . Ian . Castro-Gamboa . David . Gonzalez . Carmen . Rossini . Carbohydrate Research . 343 . 15 . 13 October 2008 . 2699–2700. 10.1016/j.carres.2008.07.014. 18715552 .
2. 10.1016/j.jep.2016.08.053 . 27612433 . Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti- Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity of viridiflorol: The major constituent of Allophylus edulis (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Radlk . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 192 . 510–515 . 2016 . Trevizan . Lucas Noboru Fatori . Nascimento . Kamilla Felipe do . Santos . Joyce Alencar . Kassuya . Candida Aparecida Leite . Cardoso . Claudia Andrea Lima . Vieira . Maria do Carmo . Moreira . Flora Martinez Figueira . Croda . Julio . Formagio . Anelise Samara Nazari .