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

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List of Ethnobotany use
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Plant
Asphodelus microcarpus ( Asphodel )
Bambusa argentea-striata ( Bambu )
Bambusa vulgaris ( Bambou, Bambou De Jardin, Bambu, Buloh gading, Buloh tutul (spotted bamboo), Jajang ampel )
Bryonopsis laciniosa
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 )
Cannabis sativa ( Arroz, Bangue, Bhang, Canamo, Canamo Indio, Chaltook, Ganja, Han Ma, Hemp, Hemp,Indian, Hint Keneviri, Hsien, Huang Ma, Huo Ma, Kenevir, Keng, Ma Fen, Ma Jen Chiu, Mariguana, Nasi, No, Perinj, Pirinc, Qunnab, Rice, Riz, Ruz, Saki, T'U, Ta Ma, Tao, Tchene, Timman )
Capparis spinosa ( Caper, Capparis Spinosa, Kabar, Kebre )
Celastrus paniculata ( Sila )
Conium maculatum ( Aron, Arum, Baldiran, Bisbis Barry, Cicuta, Cicutae Herba, Cigue, Cowbane, Danaayagi, Doku-Ninzin, Hemlock, Hemlock,Poison, Isojuuri, Lords-And-Ladies, Poison Hemlock, Radix Arimaculatum, Sauvadge Feno, Shawkaran, Wake Robin )
Croton tiglium ( Badau, Chemkian, Chengkian, Cheraken, Hazu, Kroton Agaci, Pa Tou, Penchahar, Simalakian )
Cuscuta japonica ( Nenasi-Kazura )
Cusparia febrifuga
Dicentra canadensis ( Kanli Yurek )
Erythrina variegata ( Arbor Maurepasia, Baton De Sorcier, Chengkering, Chengkering (Abscess), Dedap, Le Maurepas, Petaqueros )
Excoecaria agallocha ( Bebuta, Blind Your Eyes, Buta-buta, Mangrove,Milky )
Fagara zanthoxyloides
Forsythia suspensa ( Chu Ken, Han Lien Tzu, I Ch'Iao, Lan Hua, Li Ch'Ang, Lien, Lien Ch'Iao, Lien Ts'Ao, Lien Yao, Rengyo, San Lien )
Gastrodia elata ( Ch'Ih Chien, Huan T'Ung Tzu, Onino-Yagara, T'Ien Ma )
Ipomoea murucoides
Jatropha curcas ( Feuilles Medecinier, Grand Medicinier, Jarak, Jarak belanda, Jarak budeg, Medicinier Beni, Nanyo-Aburagi, Physic Nut, Pinon, Pinon De La India, Purging Nut, Tuba )
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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.