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

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Aspilia africana
Buddleja officinalis ( Mi Meng Hua, Shui Chin Hua )
Centipeda minuta ( E Pu Shih Ts'Ao, Shih Hu Sui, T'Ien Hu Sui )
Dianthus caryophyllus ( Clavel, Mekhak, Qanafer, Qinifil, Qronfel )
Dianthus superbus ( Ch'U Mai, Ezo-Kawara-Nadesiko, Kawara-Nadesiko )
Dryobalanops aromatica ( Bing Pian, Camphora, Ch'Ing Ping P'Ien, Chin Chiao Nao, Dryobalanops, Kapur, Kapurun, Mei Hua P'Ien, Mi Nao, Ni Ping P'Ien, P'O Lu Hsiang, Ping P'Ien, Pokok kapur burus (Baru campho, Su Nao, Ts'Ang Lung Nao )
Elettaria cardamomum ( Cardamom, Kakule, Krako, Pai Tou K'Ou, Tou K'Ou, Ts'Ao Kuo )
Erianthus officinarum ( Cana De Azucar, Canne A Sucre, Hung T'Ang, Ikshu, Kan Che, Molasses, Pai Sha T'Ang, Qamish Shaker, Qasab As Sukker, Seker Kamisi, Sha T'Ang, Shih Mi, Sugarcane, Tebu gagak, Tebu lanjong )
Eriocaulon sp ( Ku Ching Ts'Ao )
Juniperus oxycedrus ( A'Ra'R, A'Rr, Appeggi, Ardij Aghaji, Branket Enebaer, Cade, Cedro De Espanha, Enebro De La Miera, Havrest, Oxicedro )
Ocimum basilicum ( Ai K'Ang, Albahaca, Basil, Basilic, Basilicon, Chahchabram, Chiu Ts'Eng T'A, Feslegen, Hsiang Ts'Ai, I Tzu Ts'Ao, Lo Le, Me-Boki, Raihan Al Malik, Raihana, Rainan, Selaseh, Selaseh hitam, Selaseh jantan, Selasih )
Portulaca oleracea ( Ancharupa, Beldroega, Berbin, Coupe-Pied, Coupier, Gelang pasir, Krokot, Ma Ch'Ih Hsien, Parpinah, Perpine, Porcelana, Pourpier, Pourpier Commun, Purslane, Semizotu, Suberi-Hiyu, Verdolaga )
Rubus tokkura ( Fu P'En Tzu )
Schizostachyum dielsianum ( Bikal Bohoi )
Sedum erythrostictum ( Ching T'Ien )
Zingiber officinale ( Atuja, Chiang, Chiang Chiu, Chiang P'I, Djae, Gan Jiang, Gengibre, Gengibre Dulce, Gingembre, Ginger, Haiti, Haliya, Haliya bara, Haliya hudang, Haliya padi, Jae, Jahi, Kan Chiang, Kunyit terus, Lahja, Sheng Chiang, Shoga, Sonth, Sunthi, T'Ang Chiang, Zencefil )
*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.