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

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Plant
Achillea sibirica ( Shih )
Alopecurus sp ( Lang Wei Ts'Ao )
Bursera simaruba ( Almacigo, Almacigo Blanco, Almacigo Colorado, Bois D'Encens, Chique, Fragon Caranne, Gommier Blanc, Gommier Rouge, Indio Desnudo, Jobo )
Castanea sativa ( Castano, Chestnut, Hsin Li, Kestane Agaci, Li, Mao Li, Pan Li, Shan Li )
Cola acuminata ( Cola, Kola, Kola,Bitter, Obi )
Cola nitida ( Kola )
Erythroxylum coca ( Cocaine, Koka )
Nandina domestica ( Nan Chu, Nan T'Ien Chu, Siro-Nanten )
Phellodendron amurense ( Amur Cork Tree, Hiroha-No-Kihada, Huang Po, Kihada, Miyama-Kihada, Oba-No-Kihada, Po Mu, T'An Huan )
Sorbus scopulina
*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.