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

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Plant
Allium cepa ( Basal, Bawang, Bawang merah, Bawang puteh, Cabolla, Cebola, Cebolla, Cebolla Macho, Hu Ts'Ung, Oignon, Onion, Onion,Red, Pyaz, Sogan, Soghan, Tama-Negi, Z'Oignon, Zwibeln )
Artemisia filifolia
Asclepias fruticosa
Caesalpinia pulcherimma ( Francillade )
Cassia laevigata
Cicer arietinum ( Cece, Garbanzo, Garvane, Hummus, Nok, Nokhud, Pois Chiche )
Cuscuta megalocarpa
Gloriosa superba ( Buch Nak Hindi, Dorng Dueng, Glory Lily, Kalihari, Kembang Djonggrang, Langalika, Lirio De Malabar, Malabarische Methonika, Superba Del Malabar, Superbe De Malabar, Turk'S Cap, Ulatchandral )
Malachra sp
Monolena cordifolia
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 )
Piper longum ( Long Pepper, Pepper,Long, Pi P'O Mu, Pi Po, Uzun Biber )
Podophyllum peltatum ( Amerikan Podofili, Mayapple, Podo-Huirumu )
Tragopogon pratensis ( Barba Cabruna, Barba Di Becco, Gele Boksbaard, Goat'S Beard, Herba Thetrait, Salsifis Des Pres, Wiesen Bocksbart )
Vanda spathulata
Yucca filamentosa ( Adam' Needle, Virjinya Avizesi )
*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.