An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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

 Fear

Download a full report in PDF format

Data Views

List of Ethnobotany use
Click on column headings to sort table by that column
Plant
Alphitonia ponderosa
Chenopodium ambrosioides ( Apasote, Chenopode, Feuilles A Vers, Herbe A Vers, L., Meksika Cayi, Paico, Pazote, Semen Contra, Semin Contra, Simon Contegras )
Crocus sativus ( Azafran, Crocus, Fan Hung Hua, Koema-koema, Kumkum, Po Fu Lan, Sa Fa Ang, Sa'Faran, Saffron, Safran, Sahuran )
Dianthus pectinatus
Juncus effusus ( Hu Hsu Ts'Ao, Saz, Teng Hsin Ts'Ao )
Nepeta cataria ( Catnip, Inu-Hakka(Tikuma-Hakka), Nebeda, Nepeta, Yalanci Kediotu )
Nicotiana tabacum ( Herbe A La Reine, Jen Ts'Ao, Nicoziana, Tabac, Tabac Mannoque, Tabaco, Tabigh, Tan Pa Ku, Tanigh, Tobacco, Toubac, Tutun, Yen Ken, Yen Ts'Ao, Yu Ts'Ao )
Panax ginseng ( Jen Shen, Jen Shen Chiu, Otane-Ninzin, Ren Shen, Shen Lu, Shen Ts'Ao )
Rivea corymbosa ( Ololiuqui )
*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.