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<big>''[[Caesalpinia benthamiana]]'' (Baill.) Herend. & Zarucchi</big>

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:Protologue: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77(4): 854 (1990).

== Synonyms ==

== Origin and geographic distribution ==

''Caesalpinia'' is pantropical and comprises about 200 species, the majority of them native to tropical America. In tropical Africa about 25 species are indigenous, naturalized or cultivated. The generic delimitations of ''Caesalpinia'' have long been disputed. The former genus ''Mezoneuron'', distinguished by the thin, winged pods, is now included as subgenus ''Mezoneuron'' within ''Caesalpinia''. ''Caesalpinia hildebrandtii'' (Vatke) Baill. is endemic to Madagascar, and is used to counteract poison. ''Caesalpinia cucullata'' Roxb., a medicinal plant from Asia, has been introduced in Tanzania where it is used to cure convulsion and cramps. Piceatannol, trans-resveratrol, apigenin and scirpusin A have been isolated from it. The hydroxystilbenes piceatannol and trans-resveratrol have been shown to act as chemopreventive agents of cancer.

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