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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pentadiplandraceae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Magnoliopsida ⓘ
containsSpecies Pentadiplandra brazzeana ⓘ
linked to: Pentadiplandra
containsTaxon Pentadiplandra ⓘ
describedAs small family of flowering plants ⓘ
division Magnoliophyta ⓘ
geographicDistribution tropical Africa ⓘ
hasCharacteristic intensely sweet fruit protein in some members ⓘ
hasCommonRepresentative Pentadiplandra brazzeana ⓘ
linked to: Pentadiplandra
hasEconomicInterest natural low-calorie sweetener source ⓘ
hasMember Pentadiplandra brazzeana ⓘ
linked to: Pentadiplandra
hasSweetProtein brazzein ⓘ
isAngiospermFamily true ⓘ
isMonogeneric true ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
nativeTo Africa ⓘ
notableFor Pentadiplandra brazzeana ⓘ
linked to: Pentadiplandra

production of sweet-tasting protein brazzein ⓘ
order Brassicales ⓘ
phylum Tracheophyta ⓘ
rank family ⓘ
taxonomicStatus accepted family in Brassicales ⓘ
usedIn sweetener research ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brassicales → containsFamily → Pentadiplandraceae ⓘ