Dimorphandra mollis
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Dimorphandra mollis, the Fava d'anta, is a tree species in the genus of Dimorphandra
Dimorphandra
Dimorphandra is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.-Species:* Dimorphandra caudata Ducke 1925 * Dimorphandra conjugata Sandwith 1932 * Dimorphandra macrostachya Benth. * Dimorphandra mollis Benth....

. It is a plant of the Cerrado vegetation of Brazil.

Fava d'anta contains astilbin
Astilbin
Astilbin is a flavanonol, a type of flavonoid. Astilbin is the -isomer; neoisoastilbin is the -isomer and isoastilbin is the -isomer....

 and rutin
Rutin
Rutin, also called rutoside, quercetin-3-O-rutinoside and sophorin, is a citrus flavonoid glycoside found in buckwheat, the leaves and petioles of Rheum species, and asparagus...

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