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

 Conception

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Plant
Alisma plantago ( Chi Hsieh, Cobandudugu, Hsieh, Ku Hsieh, Mang Yu, Shui Hsieh, Tse Hsieh, Yu, Yu Sun )
Amaralia sherbourniae
Broussaisia arguta
Broussaisia palludosa
Cassia covesii
Chrysactinia mexicana
Funtumia africana
Holarrhena antidysenterica ( Conessi Tree, Kalingaka, Kurchi, Vatsaka )
Mentha sp ( Chichiantic )
Notholaena standleyi
Orobanche ammophyla ( Jou Tsung Jung, Lieh Tang, Ts'Ao Tsung Jung )
Piper guineense ( Ashanti Pepper )
Rumex violascens
Trema orientalis ( Anggrung, Mendarung, Narong paya )
Zanthoxylum fruticosum
*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.