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

 Megalospleny

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List of Ethnobotany use
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Plant
Acacia angustissima
Amorphophallus campanulatus ( Kembang bangah, Saranah, Soeweg )
Aphanamixis polystachya
Bombax ceiba
Bryonopsis laciniosa
Citrus aurantium ( Bergamot, Ch'Eng, Chin Ch'Iu, Coolie Orange, Hua Chu Hung, Kuang Chu, Naranja Agria, Naranja De Babor, Naranjo Amargo, Orange, Orange Sure, Oranger, Turunc, Z'Orange Sure )
Combretum nanum
Crocus sativus ( Azafran, Crocus, Fan Hung Hua, Koema-koema, Kumkum, Po Fu Lan, Sa Fa Ang, Sa'Faran, Saffron, Safran, Sahuran )
Eclipta prostrata ( Takasaburo )
Ficus asperifolia ( Epin, Sandpaper Tree )
Flacourtia ramantchi
Gardenia campanulata
Hemidictyum ceterach
Ichnocarpus frutescens ( Sariva, Syama Lata )
Indigofera oblongifolia
Lablab purpureus ( E Mei Tou, Hyacinth Bean, Pien Tou, Yen Li Tou )
Newbouldia laevis ( Osensenama )
Oxystelma esculentum
Piper longum ( Long Pepper, Pepper,Long, Pi P'O Mu, Pi Po, Uzun Biber )
Salvadora oleoides
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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.