Polygodial, isopolygodial, mukaadial and polygonone were isolated for the f
irst time from Capsicodendron dinisii. Thus, with respect to drimane-type s
esquiterpenoids of the Canellaceae, the close affinity of the South America
n genus Capsicodendron with the African genus Warburgia rather than the Mad
agascarian genus Cinnamosma is established.