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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Dieffenbachia seguine ( Dicha, Dumbcane, Mata Del Cancer )
Hippomane mancinella ( Manceniller, Mancenillier, Manchenille, Manchineel, Manchinelle, Mancinel, Manzanilla, Manzanillo, Manzinellbaum, Maximilien, Penaihva, Pomme Zombi )
Hura crepitans ( Arbre Au Diable, Jabilla, Jarilla, Javilla, Sablier, Sandbox Tree )
Musa paradisiaca ( Banana, Banane Corne, Banane Grosse Botte, Bananeira De S Tome, Bananier, Cambur, Chi Tzu Chiao, Chiao Yu, Figue, Fo Shou Chiao, Horse Banana, Kan Chiao, Mei Jen Chiao, Moz, Niu Ju Chiao, Pan Chiao, Plantain, Platano, Rulo, Shui Chiao, Tan P'Ing Chiao, Ya Chiao )
Paullinia pinnata ( Bejuco Costilla, Bejuco De Tres Filos, Liane Carree )
Pentaclethra macrophylla ( Owala )
Perebea sp
Piscidia piscipula ( Bois Ivrant )
Sapium appendiculatum
Sapium biloculare ( Jumping Bean )
Sapium lateriflorum
Sebastiania pavoniana ( Jumping Bean )
Strychnos toxifera ( Curare, Urari )
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.