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

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Cassia mimosoides ( Sang Pien Tou )
Cassia occidentalis ( Kachang kota, Kasiah, Khiyar Shember, Menting, Pois Piante, Senting, Shih Chueh Ming, Sinamekki, Tlalhoaxin, Wang Chiang Nan )
Cassia sophera ( Chueh Ming, Entjing-entjing, Kasamardda, Ma Ti Chueh Ming )
Cassia tora ( Brusca Cimarrona, Cassia,Foetid, Gelenggang kechil, Gelenggang padang, Penitora, Pistache Marron, Ts'Ao Chueh Ming )
Forsythia suspensa ( Chu Ken, Han Lien Tzu, I Ch'Iao, Lan Hua, Li Ch'Ang, Lien, Lien Ch'Iao, Lien Ts'Ao, Lien Yao, Rengyo, San Lien )
Heliotropium angiospermum ( Alacrancillo, Creere Cacao, Crete De Coq, Herbe A Clous, Herbe A Malingres, Moco De Pavo, Rabo De Alacran, Z'Herbe A Clous, Zimbaclot )
Heliotropium indicum ( Cadillo, Crete Coq, Crete Coq D'Inde, Crete De Coq, Crete Simple, Crete-Coq, Hathi Sundhane, Herbe A Cataractes, Herbe A Malingres, Herbe A Verrues, Moco De Pavo, Rabo De Alacran, Rumput oleh (Sleep-induc. gras, Ti-Jeannite, Uler-uleran, Verbena Cimarrona )
Philodendron speciosum
Saponaria vaccaria ( Chin Chan Yin T'Ai, Chin Kung Hua, Cow Cockle, Wang Pu Liu Hsing )
Scurrula gracilifolia ( Chum Goi Cay Dau )
Smilax glabra
*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.