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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
Alchornea cordifolia
Andira inermis
Anthurium palmatum
Baccaurea wallichii ( Rambai )
Bauhinia excisa
Blighia sapida ( Akee, Aki, Arbre A Fricasser )
Boerhaavia diffusa ( L., Liane Manger Cochon, Manger Cochon, Pega Pollo, Pega Pollo Cimarron, Punarnava, Toston )
Calamus ornatus ( Rotan machap, Rotan manau, Rotan manau kelesek )
Carapa procera
Cerbera manghas ( Bentan, Bintaru )
Citrus aurantifolia ( Citron, Citron Vert, Citronnier, Citronnier Verjus, Lima, Lima Bobo, Limau amkian, Limau asam, Limau masam, Limau nipis )
Citrus aurantiifolia ( Agac Kavunu Agaci, Basra Limisi, Ben Zuhair, Laimun, Lime, Numi Basra, Vijapura )
Citrus sp ( Lemon )
Clausena excavata ( Bagal tikus, Cherek hitem, Kemantu hitam, Pokok cherek (Diarrhea tree), Pokok kemantu, Secherek, Tikusan )
Curcuma domestica ( Haridra, Kurkuma Uzum, Olena, Safran De St Domingue, Safran Des Indes, Safran Du Pays, Safron Du Pays, Turmeric, Ukon, Yu Chin )
Cycas rumphii ( Akor, oeta ai nijer, Pakis radja, Pakoe adji, Papa, Sajor kalapi, Siboe-siboe )
Dalbergia saxatilis
Dieffenbachia seguine ( Dicha, Dumbcane, Mata Del Cancer )
Dissotis rotundifolia
Gmelina asiatica
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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.