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

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List of Ethnobotany use
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Plant
Canavalia ensiformis ( Jack Bean, Jackbean, Pois Maldioc, Tao Tou )
Curcuma zedoaria ( E Zhu, Kunchur, Seduer, Temu kuning (Yellow temu), Temu puteh, Zhu, Zurumbad )
Cynanchum stratum
Dendrobium nobile ( Chin Hu, Huang Ts'Ao, Kan Mu Hu, Koki-Sekkoku, Mu Hu, Shih Hu )
Ipomoea batatas ( Batata, Batata Doce, Batata Hilwah, Camote, Kan Shu, Kan Shu Chiu, Keladi, Patate, Patate Des Jardins, Patate Douce, Sarilici Patates, Satuma-Imo, Shan Yu, Shu Yu )
Juniperus virginiana ( Red Cedar, Virjinya Ardici )
Maranta arundinacea ( Araru, Arorot, Arrorou, Arrowroot, Sagu )
Panax quinquefolius ( American Ginseng, Ginseng )
Panax repens ( San Chi, Shen Yeh )
Panax schinseng ( Ginseng, Jen Shen, Mandragore Coreenne, Schin Seng, Shin Seng )
Salix alba ( Ak Sogut, Safsaf Abyadh, Sauce Blanco, Sugut Aghaji, Vrba, White Willow, Willow )
Stellaria puberula
Tabernanthe iboga ( Iboga, Radix Tabernanthe )
Thalictrum foliolosum ( Mamira, Mamiran, Penjari )
*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.