Maclura tinctoria (moraceae family):
This message has nothing to do with the (interesting) speculative
pleistocene mastodon dispersal agent.
Just to say that:
1- the molecule Maclurin, also called morintannic acid or kino-yellow,
is extracted from fruit AND wood of Maclura tinctoria and is used in
dyeing fabrics.
2- Maclura contains lectin compounds (jacalin) which are use in
histochemistry
3- This fruit is not naturally dispersed (at least in France), and
is not yet dispersed here during baseball games as you can imagine.
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Prof. Jean-Claude DAVIDIAN
Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique
ENSA-M / INRA / CNRS (ura2133)
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes
34060 Montpellier Cedex 1 FRANCE
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Tel: +33(0)467612607
Fax: +33(0)467525737 Email: davidian at ensam.inra.fr
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