botanical record · discovered
Black Bean
Castanospermum australe
Black Bean · Moreton Bay Chestnut · Australian Chestnut · Australian-chestnut · Australiese kastaiing · Bintri · Black bean · Moreton Bay-bean · Moreton Bay-chestnut · beantree · black-bean · castanheira-da-austrália · gaštanček austrálsky · puupapu · Кастаноспермум южный · 元寶樹 · 栗豆树 · 栗豆樹
At a glance
Origin / distribution: not documented
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Poison
Science studied: BAYIN, CASTANOGENIN, CASTANOSPERMINE, 7,7A-DIEPIALEXINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Castanospermum australe
Common names: Black Bean, Moreton Bay Chestnut, Australian Chestnut, Australian-chestnut, Australiese kastaiing, Bintri, Black bean, Moreton Bay-bean, Moreton Bay-chestnut, beantree, black-bean, castanheira-da-austrália, gaštanček austrálsky, puupapu, Кастаноспермум южный, 元寶樹, 栗豆树, 栗豆樹
POWO: 960752-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Poison
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Poison
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Poison · Elsewhere · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- A blueprint of seed desiccation sensitivity in the genome of <i>Castanospermum australe</i> · 2019 source ↗
- Isolation and SAR studies of bicyclic iminosugars from Castanospermum australe as glycosidase inhibitors. · 2015 source ↗
- Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and GC-MS studies on Castanospermum australe A. Cunn. & C. Fraser ex Hook. · 2014 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BAYIN
- CASTANOGENIN
- CASTANOSPERMINE
- 7,7A-DIEPIALEXINE
- 6-EPI-CASTANOSPERMINE
- FIBER
- SAPONIN
- FAT
- BAYOGENIN
- 1,7A-DIEPIALEXINE
- MEDICAGENIC-ACID
- PROTEIN
- STARCH
- 3,7A-DIEPIALEXINE
- 6,7-DIEPICASTANOSPERMINE
- AFRORMOSIN
show 14 more documented entries
- AUSTRALINE
- CASTANOGENOL
- CASTARALESIDE-F
- CASTARALESIDE-G
- CASTARALESIDE-H
- FAGOMINE
- FORMONONETIN
- KOPARIN
- MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- 1-EPIAUSTRALINE
- 3-EPI-AUSTRALINE
- 3-HYDROXY-2-HYDROXY-METHYL-PYRROLIDINE-HYDROCHLORIDE
- N-(HYDROXY-ETHYL)-2-(HYDROXY-METHYL)-3-HYDROXYPYRROLIDINE
- SWAINSONINE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
checking published revisions…
Dear Herb is a living journal of botanical knowledge. Its records grow through research, historical discovery, and community contributions.