''Machaerium'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

, and was recently assigned to the informal

monophyletic In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent co ...

''Dalbergia'' clade of the

Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many genera ...

Machaerium scleroxylon ''Machaerium scleroxylon'' is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae Common names for the species include: pau ferro, morado, caviuna, Bolivian rosewood, and Santos rosewood. The wood is used as an alternative species to genuine rosewoods belo ...

'' Tul. * '' Machaerium seemannii'' Seem. * '' Machaerium sieberi'' Benth. * '' Machaerium spicatum'' Kuhlm. & Hoehne * '' Machaerium spinosum'' (Vell.) Benth. * '' Machaerium splendens'' Vogel * '' Machaerium stipitatum'' (DC.) Vogel * '' Machaerium striatum'' I.M. Johnst. * '' Machaerium stygium'' Lindm. * '' Machaerium subrhombiforme'' Rudd * '' Machaerium ternatum'' Kuhlm. & Hoehne * '' Machaerium tolimense'' Rudd * '' Machaerium tortipes'' Hoehne * '' Machaerium tovarense'' Pittier * '' Machaerium trifoliolatum'' Ducke * '' Machaerium triste'' Vogel * '' Machaerium truxillense'' Pittier * '' Machaerium uncinatum'' (Vell.) Benth. * '' Machaerium uribei'' Rudd * '' Machaerium vellosianum'' Benth. * '' Machaerium verrucosum'' Vogel * '' Machaerium vestitum'' Vogel * '' Machaerium villosum'' Vogel—jacarandá-do-cerrado * '' Machaerium violaceo-purpureum'' Duchass. & Walp. * '' Machaerium violaceum'' Vogel * '' Machaerium viridipetalum'' Ducke * '' Machaerium whitfordii'' J.F. Macbr.

Legality

Phytochemicals

Machaerium multiflorum contains Machaeriols such as

Machaeriol A Machaeriol A is one of a number of phytocannabinoids with a hexahydrocannabinol backbone, found in plants from the '' Machaerium'' family such as '' Machaerium multiflorum''. While they are related in structure to tetrahydrocannabinols such as t ...

and Machaeridols such as Machaeridol A which are hexahydrodibenzopyrans structurally related to

Tetrahydrocannabinol Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a cannabinoid found in cannabis. It is the principal psychoactive constituent of ''Cannabis'' and one of at least 113 total cannabinoids identified on the plant. Although the chemical formula for THC (C21H30O2) de ...

and

Hexahydrocannabinol Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is a phytocannabinoid that has been reported as a trace component of ''Cannabis sativa''. It can also be synthesized by hydrogenation of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The synthesis and bioactivity of HHC was first reporte ...

with bibenzyl and benzofuran tailchains instead of pentyl. These compounds have been studied for their antibiotic and anti parasitic activity. It's been implicated that other Machaerium species may contain similar compounds.

References

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