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

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Plant
Agastache palmeri
Arisaema dracontium
Aristolochia cordiflora
Bulbostylis capillaris
Bunchosia glandsulosa
Cassia laevigata
Ceiba pentandra ( Ceiba, Fromager, Fromagier, Kabu kapes, Kabu-kabu, Kapok, Kapokku-No-Ki, Kekabu, Mapou, Mapou Coton, Mengkapas, Randu )
Cimicifuga racemosa ( Cimicifuga )
Cinnamomum verum ( Cinnamon, Kayu manis, Malabathron, Seylan Tarcini, Tvach Bark )
Croton linearis
Desmodium caudatum
Dialium guineense
Eriosema diffusum
Erythrina berteroana
Erythrina variegata ( Arbor Maurepasia, Baton De Sorcier, Chengkering, Chengkering (Abscess), Dedap, Le Maurepas, Petaqueros )
Eupatorium purpureum ( Eupatoire D'Eau Rouge, Gravelwort, Joe Pye Weed, Purper Leverkruid, Red Gravel, Roter Wasserhanf )
Euphorbia serpens ( Yerba Golondrina )
Franseria ambrosioides
Gomphrena dispersa
Houttuynia cordata ( Ch'I, Chu Ts'Ai, Doku-Dami, Dokudami, Yu Hsing Ts'Ao, Yu Xing Cao, Zyuyaku )
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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.