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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Melicoccus bijugatas (Sapindaceae)

Common Names
Genip, Honey berry, Mamoncillo, Pitomba

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 8.0 230.0 -0.27 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3400.0 27000.0 -0.77 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 14.0 -0.12 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 34.0 555.0 -0.76 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 135000.0 859000.0 0.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Fruit 800.0 13000.0 -0.54 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 700.0 10800.0 -1.24 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 38.0 -0.38 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 581.0 3565.0 -0.15 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 170.0 545.0 -0.92 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 0.0 -1.18 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 1.0 32.0 -0.38 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 98.0 925.0 -0.70 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 101000.0 -0.11 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.1 6.4 0.30 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 18800.0 60225.0 -0.33 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 140.0 450.0 -0.56 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
WATER 0 Fruit 688000.0 825000.0 0.24 *
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