Lepidobotrys

Lepidobotrys is a flowering plant genus in the family Lepidobotryaceae. It contains only one species, Lepidobotrys staudtii. L. staudtii is a small African tree, ranging from Cameroon eastward to Ethiopia.

Lepidobotrys
Lepidobotrys staudtii, from Vegetation der Erde (1915)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Lepidobotryaceae
Genus: Lepidobotrys
Engl.
Species:
L. staudtii
Binomial name
Lepidobotrys staudtii
Engl.

The tannin 3,4,5-tri-O-galloylquinic acid is found in L. staudtii.

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