Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Byrsonima crassifolia golden spoon, nance, nancy tree pfaf. Part iispecies descriptions byrsonima crassifolia l. Lowcost agricultural waste accelerates tropical forest. Fruit quality indices in eight nance byrsonima crassifolia l. The plant is occasionally cultivated for its fruit in mexico and parts of central america. The present study evaluates the anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, antidepressant, sedative effects produced by the extracts of byrsonima crassifolia, and their influence on motor activity in icr mice. Use and traditional knowledge of byrsonima crassifolia. In a biological and phytochemical study of the leaves, 22. Nance fruit facts, health benefits and nutritional value. These compounds are derived from the new labdane diterpene labda171 and the known antimicrobial labda8 172.
Byrsonima crassifolia is the slow growing, large shrub or tree which grows up to 33 feet high. The leaves are opposite, ovateelliptic or oblongelliptic. Two compounds from the hexane extract of seeds of byrsonima crassifolia were isolated and their structures elucidated using extensive spectroscopic analyses. Byrsonima crassifolia in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The bracts are ovatelanceolate, 2 to 4 mm long, and deciduous. The tree is also a local source of medicines and various commodities.
Inflorescence terminal, mostly a pseudoraceme of 1flowered nondecussate cincinni. Golden spoon, byrsonima crassifolia, is a large shrub or tree that grows up to 10 m with bole diameter of 15 to 25 cm. General information golden spoon is a slowgrowing, very ornamental, semideciduous shrub or small tree with a rounded, generally sparse crown. Kunth malpighiaceae, is native to the amazon region and several other regions of tropical america. Antimicrobial activities of diterpene labdane from seeds. Pdf as a part of a project directed toward the discovery of oral antimicrobial compounds from plants, eight known compounds. Byrsonima crassifolia malpighiaceae has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of some mentalrelated diseases. Byrsonima crassifolia simple english wikipedia, the free. First report of lonchaeidae diptera infesting fruits of byrsonima crassifolia in brazil. Six physical and five chemical variables of fruit quality were studied to.
Use and traditional knowledge of byrsonima crassifolia and b. Pdf leaf and bark extracts of byrsonima crassifolia displayed concentrationdependent, spasmogenic effects on rat fundus in vitro and. Byrsonima crassifolia is a species of flowering plant bearing fruit in the acerola family. Golden spoon, nance, nancy tree byrsonima crassifolia. Muruci, the fruit of murucizeiro byrsonima crassifolia l. Antidepressant effect and pharmacological evaluation of. Pdf leaf and bark extracts of byrsonima crassifolia displayed concentration dependent, spasmogenic effects on rat fundus in vitro and.