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Stephania capitata

Stephania capitata also known as sumbat kendi or vase plug in Indonesian is a medicinal plant that was commonly used as a substitute of Cyclea barbata to produce green grass jelly.

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Stephania capitata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Stephania
Species:
S. capitata
Binomial name
Stephania capitata
Synonyms

Stephania truncata Yamamoto
Stephania obvia Miers
Stephania longifolia Becc.
Stephania acuminatissima Walp.
Stephania acuminata Spreng.
Clypea capitata Blume
Clypea acuminatissima Blume

Stephania capitata also known as sumbat kendi or vase plug in Indonesian is a medicinal plant that was commonly used as a substitute of Cyclea barbata to produce green grass jelly.2

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Stephanine [517-63-5] is an aporphine alkaloid that occurs in Stephania capitata Spreng and also S. japonica.3456

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  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/791462#page/908/mode/1up Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta
  2. https://doaj.org/article/3514ae16a38348ed9c7e19c8f1a4089f Kinship Analysis of Grass Jelly in Regency of Gianyar, Tabanan and Badung Based on Morphological and Anatomical Characteristic
  3. "[No title found]". Yakugaku Zasshi. 62 (8): 381–386. 1942. doi:10.1248/yakushi1881.62.8_381.
  4. Tomita, Shirai., J Pharm. Soc., Japan, 64,44 (1944).
  5. Tomita, M.; Hirai, K. (1957). "Studies on the Alkaloids of Menispermaceous Plants. CLII: Alkaloids of Stephania capitata SPRENG. (6). Synthesis of dl-Stephanine". Yakugaku Zasshi. 77 (3): 290–293. doi:10.1248/yakushi1947.77.3_290.
  6. Hey, D. H.; Husain, A. (1958). "381. The aporphine series. Part IV. The synthesis of (±)-stephanine". J. Chem. Soc. 0: 1876–1878. doi:10.1039/JR9580001876.