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Ethnobotanical Use Labor

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Abelmoschus esculentus ( Bamia, Calalou, Calalou Gombo, Gombo, Gumbo, Huang Shu K'Uei, Molondron, Ochro, Quiabeiro, Quingombo )
Achyranthes aspera ( Apamarga, Chaff Tree, Feuilles La Fievre, Jarongan, Rabo De Gato, Rarai, Santypite )
Achyranthes bidentata ( Niu Hsi, Niu Hsi Chiu, Soei in soei in taloen, Too-Inokozuti )
Alisma plantago ( Chi Hsieh, Cobandudugu, Hsieh, Ku Hsieh, Mang Yu, Shui Hsieh, Tse Hsieh, Yu, Yu Sun )
Althaea rosea ( Gulhatmi, Jung K'Uei, Malva Real, Shu K'Uei, Wu K'Uei Hwa )
Asplenium nidus ( Daun semum, Paku langsuyar, Selimbar )
Azadirachta indica ( Nimva, Tesbih Agaci )
Brucea javanica ( Dadih-dadih, Embalau betina, Hempedu beruang (Bear gall), Kwalot, Lada barau, Lada pahit (Bitter pepper), Malur, Melada pahit (Bitter pepper), Sarai pusur, Sikalur, Tambur bui, Ya Dan Zi )
Buxus sempervirens ( Boj, Boxwood, Buis, Bwes Beni, Huang Yang Mu, Le Buis, Simsir )
Calotropis gigantea ( Akanda, Algodon De Seda, Arbre A Soie, Arka, Biduri, Kayu berduri, Kemengu, Khok, Mudar Pflanze, Mudar Plant, Rembega, Remiga, Saduri, Sidaguri, Ushar, Widuri )
Calotropis procera ( Al Dibaj, Giant Milkweed )
Clerodendrum serratum ( Mata kesang, Senggugor (Miscarriage plant), Sunga tasek, Timba tasek (Ocean hand-bucket, Tinjal tasek, Tinjal tasek (Pl. w/ft in ocea )
Crataegus sp ( Cha, Han Sheng Ts'Ao, Ti Po )
Cyclophorus acrostichoides ( Sakat batu (Rock epiphyte), Suloi )
Dialium guineense
Ehretia microphylla
Erythrina mildbraedii
Fritillaria roylei ( Meng, Pei Mu )
Gleditsia chinensis ( Chao Tou T'Eng, Pei Wu Wei, T'Ien Ting, Tsao Chia, Tsao Chio, Tzu T'Eng, Wu Wei Tzu )
Gloriosa superba ( Buch Nak Hindi, Dorng Dueng, Glory Lily, Kalihari, Kembang Djonggrang, Langalika, Lirio De Malabar, Malabarische Methonika, Superba Del Malabar, Superbe De Malabar, Turk'S Cap, Ulatchandral )
*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.