Dioscoreophyllum

Dioscoreophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Dioscoreophyllum
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Dioscoreophyllum is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to Africa. The species are lianas.

Species Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii is noteworthy for having within its fruit an abundance of the water-soluble and intensely sweet-tasting protein monellin.

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