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

 Guineaworms

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Plant
Afzelia africana
Cassia occidentalis ( Kachang kota, Kasiah, Khiyar Shember, Menting, Pois Piante, Senting, Shih Chueh Ming, Sinamekki, Tlalhoaxin, Wang Chiang Nan )
Cissus setosa ( Barubutsali )
Combretum mucronatum
Elaeophorbia drupifera ( Akane )
Hilleria latifolia ( Anafranaku )
Jatropha curcas ( Feuilles Medecinier, Grand Medicinier, Jarak, Jarak belanda, Jarak budeg, Medicinier Beni, Nanyo-Aburagi, Physic Nut, Pinon, Pinon De La India, Purging Nut, Tuba )
Leea macrophylla
Olax subscorpioidea
Opuntia dillenii
Opuntia elatior
Ricinus communis ( Bean,Castor, Castor, Castor Bean, Castorbean, Eranda, Gana Garchak, Higuerilla, Hintyagi Agaci, Huile Ricin, Jarak, Khirwe, Palma Christi, Pei Ma, Pi Ma, Ricino, Sittamoonaka, Tartago, To-Goma )
Salvia moorcroftiana
Spathodea campanulata
Thespesia populnea ( Alamo Blanco, Baru, Duartiana, Feuilles D'Haiti, Grand Mahaut, Mahot, Waru lot )
Tragia involucrata
Vernonia cinerea ( Chongchong hari, Ekur juda (Horse tail), Pokok tambak bukit, Rumput bujong samalan, Rumput sepagi, Rumput tahi babi (Pig dung gra, Sembong hutan, Seson daun )
*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.