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

 Melancholy

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Anchusa azurea ( Lengua De Buey )
Apium graveolens ( Apio, Apit Bord, Celeri, Celeri Des Jardins, Celeri Marron, Celery, Ch'In, Ch'In Ts'Ai, Han Ch'In, Karawez, Kereviz, Krafus, Rabano, Wood Marche )
Callirhoe digitata
Crocus sativus ( Azafran, Crocus, Fan Hung Hua, Koema-koema, Kumkum, Po Fu Lan, Sa Fa Ang, Sa'Faran, Saffron, Safran, Sahuran )
Doronicum pardalianches ( Chaniq Ul Namr )
Erythroxylum coca ( Cocaine, Koka )
Glycine max ( Chiang, Chiang Yu, Hei Tou, Huang Tou, Jen Shu, Jung Shu, Shih Tou, Shih Yu, Shu, Soya Fasulyasi, Soybean, Ta Tou, Ta Tou Huang Chuen, Ta Tou Shih, Tou Fu, Tou Huang, Tou Yu )
Momordica charantia ( A'Jayib Al Maasi, Assorossie, Balsam Apple, Balsampear, Chin Li Chih, Ejinrin, Gule Khandan, K'U Kua, Kerela, Lai P'U T'Ao, Melao De Sao Caetano, Pare, Peria, Peria laut, Periok, Salsamino, Sorci, Sorossi, Sorossie, Sorossies )
Morus alba ( Besaran, Chi Sang, Chin Sang, Ching Sang, Dut Agaci, Hsun, I Sang, Kitaoe, Lampoeng, Lu Sang, Ma-Guwa, Mora, Morera, Mures, Nu Sang, Pai Sang, Sang, Sang Ken Pai P'I, Sang Pi, Sang Shen Chiu, Sang Shen Kao, Sang Shen Tzu, Shan Sang, Shen, T'An, Ti Sang, Tu, Tukki, Tut, Tuth )
Tagetes sp ( Rosa Del Angel )
*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.