Minquartia

Minquartia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Olacaceae family containing the single species Minquartia guianensis (also called black manwood or huambula). It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Minquartia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Olacaceae
Genus:	Minquartia Aubl.
Species:	M. guianensis
Binomial name
Minquartia guianensis Aubl.

One of the phytochemicals it contains is lichexanthone.^[2]

The plant is a source of minquartynoic acid, a rare fatty acid.