Two new acetylenic fatty acids (1, 2), a new triglyceride (3), along with eleven known compounds including 3-oxo-11a a,12a a-epoxyurs-13b b,28-olide (4) previously reported as a synthetic compound, have been isolated from the leaves of Hymenodictyon excelsum. The structural identification was established from spectroscopic data.
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