Pentadiplandraceae
E1039567
Pentadiplandraceae is a small family of flowering plants known for the African shrub Pentadiplandra brazzeana, whose intensely sweet protein brazzein has attracted interest as a natural low-calorie sweetener.
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSpecies | Pentadiplandra brazzeana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon | Pentadiplandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | small family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | tropical Africa ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | intensely sweet fruit protein in some members ⓘ |
| hasCommonRepresentative | Pentadiplandra brazzeana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicInterest | natural low-calorie sweetener source ⓘ |
| hasMember | Pentadiplandra brazzeana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSweetProtein | brazzein ⓘ |
| isAngiospermFamily | true ⓘ |
| isMonogeneric | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Pentadiplandra brazzeana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
production of sweet-tasting protein brazzein ⓘ |
| order | Brassicales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| rank | family ⓘ |
| taxonomicStatus | accepted family in Brassicales ⓘ |
| usedIn | sweetener research ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.