Polygodial, isopolygodial, mukaadial and polygonone were isolated for the first time from Capsicodendron dinisii. Thus, with respect to drimane-type sesquiterpenoids of the Canellaceae, the close affinity of the South American genus Capsicodendron with the African genus Warburgia rather than the Madagascarian genus Cinnamosma is established.
dinisii; Capsicodendron; Warburgia; Cinnamosma; drimane sesquiterpenoids