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

 Pulicide

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Plant
Brucea javanica ( Dadih-dadih, Embalau betina, Hempedu beruang (Bear gall), Kwalot, Lada barau, Lada pahit (Bitter pepper), Malur, Melada pahit (Bitter pepper), Sarai pusur, Sikalur, Tambur bui, Ya Dan Zi )
Escobedia linearis
Mammillaria sp
Matricaria indica ( Ch'Uan Lien Tzu, K'U I, Yeh Chu Hua )
Melaleuca leucadendron ( Cajeput, Cajeput Tree, Cayeput, Gelam, Kajeput, Kayu puteh (White wood) )
Melia azedarach ( Alilaila, Amargoseira, Arbol Enano, Chin Ling Tzu, Chinaberry, Faux Sycomore, Fleurs Lilas, Gemeiner Zedarachbaum, K'U Lien, Lien, Lila, Lilas, Lilayo, Paraiso, Pazienza, Piment D'Eau, Sen Shu, Sendan, Sibahbah, Tak, Tasbih Aghaji, To-Sendan, Violeta, Zanzalakht )
Melia azederach ( Chinaberry, Gringging, Mindi, Mindi kechil )
Microdesmis puberula ( Esunsun, Ofeabiri )
Picrasma quassioides ( Nigaki, Shurni )
Schkuhria anthemoidea
Schkuhria pinnata
Tanacetum vulgare ( Solucanotu, Tanaceto, Tansy, Yomogi-Giku )
*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.