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

 Lactagogue

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Plant
Arenga pinnata ( Aren, Bak djoek, Lirang, Nandung, Toewak )
Brosimum alicasrtum
Brosimum alicastrum ( Caucho Macho )
Cicer arietinum ( Cece, Garbanzo, Garvane, Hummus, Nok, Nokhud, Pois Chiche )
Curcuma longa ( Goeratji, Kakoenji, Koenjet, Kondin, Kunir, Kunir bentis, Kunyit, Oendre, Rame, Renet, Temu kuning, Temu kunyit, Tius, Ukon )
Cyperus esculentus ( Hsiang Fu, Hsiang Fu Tzu, Juncia Avellanada, Rumput haliya hitam, Teki )
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Erythrina subumbrans ( Chengkering, Dadap lenga, Dadap lisa, Dedap, Dedap batik )
Erythrina variegata ( Arbor Maurepasia, Baton De Sorcier, Chengkering, Chengkering (Abscess), Dedap, Le Maurepas, Petaqueros )
Euphorbia hirta ( Ara tamah, Asthma Herb, Gelang susu, Gendong anak, Kelusan, Kukon-kukon, Milkweed, Ngonderamango, Patikan, Pempe )
Euphorbia lancifolia
Euphorbia pulcherrima ( Poinsettia )
Ficus obpyramidata ( Ara lempong (Soft fig) )
Foeniculum vulgare ( Adas landi, Adas londa, Adas pedas, Ama-Uikyo, Anis, Anis Vert, Comino, Fennel, Finocchio Forte, Hinojo, Hsiao Hui Hsiang, Hui Hsiang Chiu, Kaneer Razbana, Karasu-Uikyo, L'Anis, La Nuit, Raziyane, Rezene, Shamar, Shbint, Shih Lo, Tzu Mo, Tzu Mu Lo, Uikyo )
Gossypium arboreum ( Algodon, Cotonnier, Cotonnier Des Indes )
Gossypium barbadense ( Algodoiero, Algodon, Coton Noir, Coton Rouge, Cotonnier, Cotonnier Violet, Palo De Algodon, Sea-Island Cotton )
Gossypium herbaceum ( Algodoeiro, Algodonero, Cotonnier Blanc, Cotton Herbace, Ku Chung, Ku Pei, Loka, Mu Mieng, Pamu, Pamuk, Qoten, Ts'Ao Mien )
Heliotropium tuberculosum
Hyptis suaveolens ( Ajonjoli Cimarron, Basinan, Lerkuing, Malbar hutan, Mamajuana, Mastranto, Melisse, Oregano, Selaseh hutan (Woodland basil), Sepulut )
Ipomoea digitata ( Keledek hutan, Vidari )
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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.