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Table 1. (Continued] 
Tribe 
Genus and species 
P art of plant 
Reference to presence of 
rotenone or rotenoids 
Compounds 
related to Color 
Rotenone rotenone test 
Dalbergieae Derris sp. roots, stems 
Lonchoc arpus chr ysophy l lus 
(55: 
Kleinh. 
stems 
(50) 
Do. 
roots 
(48,30) 
Lonchocarpus martynii A.C 
Smith 
stems 
(50) 
Do. 
roots 
(50,30) 
Lonchocarpus nicou 
(Aubl. ) DC. 
stems, 
leaves 
(9) 
Lonchocarpus rariflorus 
Mart . 
roots 
(30) 
Lonchocarpus sericeus 
H.B.K. 
roots. 
leaves 
(2) 
Lonchocarpus urucu Killip 
roots. 
stems. 
(30) 
& Smith 
leaves 
Lonchocarpus utilis 
A.C.Smith 
roots 
(4,30) 
Do. 
stems 
(22,30) 
Do. 
leaves 
(30) 
Lonchocarpus velutinus 
Benth. 
roots 
. .122) 
Lonchocarpus sp. (L. 
hondurensis Benth.? 
"Bejuco de Gusano") 
roots 
(52) 
Lonchocarpus sp. (L. 
Kuatemalensis Benth.? or 
L. atropurpureus Benth.?) 
roots 
(52) 
Lonchocarpus sp. ( "Timbo 
branco") 
roots, stems 
(30) 
Lonchocarpus sp. ("Timbo 
pao". "Red Haiari") 
roots 
(32,30) 
Piscidia piscipula (L. ) 
roots, 
stems 
Sarg. 
(inner bark) 
Adenanthereae 
Entada africana Guill. 
& Perr. 
leaves 
(48) 
(4) 
(55) 
(8) 
*Greshoff isolated from these species a material that he called "derrid." 
This is now knovm to have been an impure substance that contained, a large proportion 
of rotenone. 
