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

 Ecchymosis

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Plant
Metroxylon sagu ( Sago, So Mu )
Polygonum cuspidatum ( Hu Chang, Itadori, Japanese Fleeceflower, Pan Chang )
Raphanus sativus ( Daikon, Karaturp, Kirmiziturp, Lai Fu, Lo Po, Mulaka, Rabano, Radis, Radis Marron, Radish )
Rhus vernicifera ( Ch'I, Kan Ch'I )
Tamus communis ( Al Karam Al Barri, Black Bryony, Bryony,Black, Lady'S Seal, Nueza Negra, Siyah Akasma )
Terminalia arjuna ( Arjan Terminalia, Kumbuk )
Triticum aestivum ( Bugday, Cheng Ping, Fou Mai, Frumint, Hsiao Mai, Hui Mien, Ka Shih Tso, Lai, Mai Ch'Ao, Mai Fu, Mai Fu Tzu, Man Tou, Mien, Mien Chin, Mien Fen, Mo Mo, Pai Mien, Trigo, Wheat )
Typha orientalis ( Hsiang P'U, P'U O, P'U Sun )
Zanthoxylum piperitum ( Asakura-Zansho, Ch'Uan Chiao, Chiao Mu, Nan Chiao, Shu Chiao, Yama-Asakura-Zansho )
Zingiber officinale ( Atuja, Chiang, Chiang Chiu, Chiang P'I, Djae, Gan Jiang, Gengibre, Gengibre Dulce, Gingembre, Ginger, Haiti, Haliya, Haliya bara, Haliya hudang, Haliya padi, Jae, Jahi, Kan Chiang, Kunyit terus, Lahja, Sheng Chiang, Shoga, Sonth, Sunthi, T'Ang Chiang, Zencefil )
*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.