*4.2. Plant Materials*

Whole samples of leaves, flowers, immature and mature fruits, and seeds (Figure 4) were freshly collected from an identified *M. grandiflora* tree at the University of Mississippi campus in 2018. Voucher specimens of all the samples—leaves (NCNPR # 20286), stem-bark (# 20874), flowers (# 20316), immature fruit (# 20871), mature fruit with seeds removed (# 20872), and seeds (# 20873)—were deposited in the Repository of Botanicals at NCNPR, University of Mississippi.

**Figure 4.** Study material. **A**: flowers; **B**: leaves, immature fruits, mature fruits and seeds. Photos courtesy of V.R.
