Godmania Aesculifolia
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''Godmania aesculifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpetvines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Book ...
, native to the New World tropics. A tree, it contains
7,8-dihydroxyflavone Tropoflavin, also known as 7,8-dihydroxyflavone, is a naturally occurring flavone found in ''Godmania aesculifolia'', ''Tridax procumbens'', and primula tree leaves. It has been found to act as a potent and selective small-molecule agonist of t ...
, a flavonoid.


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Bignoniaceae Flora of Central Mexico Flora of Veracruz Flora of Southeastern Mexico Flora of Southwestern Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of western South America Flora of Venezuela Flora of Guyana Flora of North Brazil Plants described in 1925 {{Bignoniaceae-stub