| Dichapetalum | |
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| Dichapetalum pallidum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Dichapetalaceae |
| Genus: | Dichapetalum Thouars[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Dichapetalum madagascariense Poir.
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Dichapetalum is a genus in the plant family Dichapetalaceae. The plants are tropical lianas native mainly to tropical regions of Africa, Asia, Malesia, the West Indies, Australia and Latin America. Some species are known to be poisonous due to the presence of toxic fluorinated compounds such as fluorocarboxylic acid[3] and dichapetalins, a unique class of cytotoxic compounds that are only found within this genus.[4]
- ^ Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 23. 1806.
- ^ "Dichapetalum%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 26 Feb 2014.
- ^ PETERS, RUDOLPH; HALL, R. J. (August 1960). "Fluorine Compounds in Nature; The Distribution of Carbon-Fluorine Compounds in Some Species of Dichapetalum". Nature. 187 (4737): 573–575. Bibcode:1960Natur.187..573P. doi:10.1038/187573a0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 14432198. S2CID 4256114.
- ^ Long, Christophe; Aussagues, Yannick; Molinier, Nicolas; Marcourt, Laurence; Vendier, Laure; Samson, Arnaud; Poughon, Valérie; Chalo Mutiso, Patrick B.; Ausseil, Frédéric; Sautel, François; Arimondo, Paola B. (October 2013). "Dichapetalins from Dichapetalum species and their cytotoxic properties". Phytochemistry. 94: 184–191. Bibcode:2013PChem..94..184L. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.03.023. ISSN 0031-9422. PMID 23618620.