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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Stevia rebaudiana'' (PROSEA)}}
[[File:Stevia rebaudiana PROSEA linedrawing.png|thumb|1, leafy twig; 2, flowering branch; 3, flower; 4, anthers]]
<big>''[[Stevia rebaudiana]]'' (Bertoni) Bertoni</big>
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:Protologue: Anales Cient. Parag., ser. 1, 5: 3 (1905).
The weight of 1000 achenes is 0.15-0.30 g.
== Composition ==
'''Stevia oil (from Italy)''' (Source: Martelli et al., 1985.)
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* 12.2% β-cubebene
* 11.7% γ-elemene
* 10.0% β-caryophyllene
* 8.1% sesquiterpene alcohols (unknown)
* 5.6% α-humulene
* 5.6% β-elemene
* 4.3% (E)-β-farnesene
* 3.7% α-terpineol
* 3.3% α-cadinol
* 3.1% torreyol
* 2.1% spathulenol
* 1.8% linalool
* 1.3% 1-octenol-3
* 1.1% 3-hexenyl acetate
* 0.1% α-pinene
* 0.1% β-pinene
* 0.1% δ-cadinene
* 0.1% γ-cadinene
* 0.1% eugenol
* 0.1% carvacrol
* 0.1% caryophyllene oxide
* 0.1% nerolidol (unknown isomer)
* 0.1% (Z)-3-hexenol
* 0.1% β-bourbonene
* 0.1% α-bergamotene
* 74.5% total
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==Description==
* Wardojo, S., 1984. Aspek penelitian budidaya Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Compositae) [Aspects of research on the cultivation of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Compositae)]. Balai Penelitian Perkebunan Bogor, Indonesia. 12 pp.
== Sources of illustrations ==
Stevia rebaudiana: Botting-Hemsley, 1906. In: Hooker, W.J. (Editor): Icones plantarum. Vol. 29. Fig. 2816 (flowering branch, flower, anthers); Westphal, E. & Jansen, P.C.M., 1989. Plant Resources of South-East Asia. A selection. Pudoc, Wageningen, the Netherlands. p. 253 (leafy twig). Redrawn and adapted by P. Verheij-Hayes.
== Authors ==
*J. Mohede & R.T.M. van Son
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