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

 Excrescence

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Aloe vera ( Aloe, Alwat, Djadam arab, Hsiang Tan, Jadam, Lidah buaya, Lu Hui, No Hui, Nu Hui, Zabila )
Arbutus unedo ( Djina, Koca Yemis, Madrono )
Argemone mexicana ( Argemone, Argemone Du Mexique, Bherband, Cardo Santo, Cardosanto, Chadron Beni, Chandron A Fleurs Jaunes, Chardon, Chardon A Fleurs Jaunes, Chardon Beni, Chardon Fleurs Jaunes, Chicallotl, Chokh, Deruju, Lao Shu Le, Ne, Olcacan, Poppy,Mexican, Poppy,Prickly, Poppy,Thistle, Prickly Poppy, Thistle,Gamboge, Thistle,Yellow )
Argemone ochroleuca ( Chicaolte )
Calliandra grandiflora ( Xiloxchitl )
Canavalia villosa ( Cicimatic )
Conyza filaginoides ( Tzonpopoto )
Cordyline terminalis ( Ti Palm )
Diospyros ebenum ( Ebony )
Euphorbia campestris ( Cucultzin )
Euphorbia hirta ( Ara tamah, Asthma Herb, Gelang susu, Gendong anak, Kelusan, Kukon-kukon, Milkweed, Ngonderamango, Patikan, Pempe )
Euphorbia pilulifera ( A'Njad, Asthma Herb, Catshair, Daun Patikan, Dudhi, Euphorbe Indienne, Fei Yang Ts'Ao, Indisch Wolfsmelkkruid, Indisches Wolfsmilchkraut, Lechera De Golondrina, Raktavinduchada, Um Al Haleeb )
Euphorbia prostrata ( Golondrino, Yerba Golondrina )
Glycyrrhiza echinata ( Adipsos, Kuo Lao, Mei Ts'Ao, Mi Kan )
Hyphaene coriacea ( Doum Palm )
Jatropha oligandra ( Casancao )
Juniperus chinensis ( Kayu kasturi, Kuei, Savin )
Lepidium iberis
Mammillaria geminispina ( Metzollin )
Manihot esculenta ( Cassava, Mandioca, Manihot, Manioc, Manioc Amer, Quauhayohuachtli, Tapioca, Yuca )
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*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.