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

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Artemisia japonica ( Ch'I T'Ou Hao, Mou Hao, Wei )
Asparagus officinalis ( Asbaragus, Asparagus, Asperge, Esparrago, Esparraguera, Halyun, Kuskonmaz, Matuba-Udo )
Centaurea behen
Cocos nucifera ( Coco, Cocotero, Cocotier, Cocoye, Cocoyeur, Coqueiro, Drakht I Badinja, Hsu Yu, Ipai, Jeho, Kalapa, Kechambil, Kelambir, Kelapa, Kerambil, Kerambir, Mata De Coco, Niyu, Noix De Coco, Nyiur, Nyor, Palma De Coco, Yeh Chung Chiu, Yeh Tzu, Yueh Wang T'Ou )
Cycas revoluta ( Ch'Ien Nien Tsao, Penawar djambe, Sotetu, Tie Shu Ye, Wan Sui Tsao, Wu Lou Tzu )
Hibiscus cannabinus ( Jeljel )
Iris germanica ( Affodillus, Lirio, Mor Susen, Murasaki-Irisu )
Juglans sieboldiana ( Shan Hu T'Ao )
Lindera tzumu ( Tzu )
Lithocarpus hungmoshanensis
Paulownia imperialis ( Huang T'Ung, I T'Ung, Jung T'Ung, P'Ao T'Ung, Pai T'Ung, T'Ung )
Psidium guajava ( Bayawas, Dipajaya, Djamboe, Djambu, Goavier, Gouyave, Goyave, Goyavier, Guava, Guayaba, Jambu biji (Seedy Eugenia), Jambu burong (Bird Eugenia), Jambu padang (Openfield Eugeni, Jambu pelawas, Jambu portugal (Portuguese Eug, Perala, Petokal, Tokal )
Thuja orientalis ( Nioi-Hiba, Pien Po, Po, Po Hsiang Sui, Po Shih, Po Tzu, Po Tzu Jen, Po Yeh Chiu )
*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.