Plant Species That Contained: Beta-Myrcene

Species name Species Family Common Name Local Name Compound Species ID
Heeria insignis Anaradiaceae Cork Bush, Witmossie, White Resin Tree Kasheshe, Hawawen Zakii (Hausa, Nigeria), Umkhanyakude (Zulu, South Africa) 17 NMP-083
Monodora myristica Annonaceae Calabash Nutmeg, African Nutmeg, Jamaican Nutmeg Gujiyyar dan miya (Hausa, Nigeria), Abo-lakoshe, Ariwo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ehuru (Igbo, Nigeria), Awerewa (Twi, Ghana) 20 NMP-109
Monodora tenuifolia Anacardaceae Calabash Nutmeg, African Nutmeg, False Nutmeg Ehuru ofia (Igbo, Nigeria), Lakosin, Ehinawosin (Yoruba, Nigeria), Uyenghen (Edo, Nigeria) Efua (Anyi, Ivory Coast), Setane (Balanta, Guinea-Bissau), Mweigbama (Mende, Sierra Leone) 29 NMP-110
Piper guineense Piperaceae West African black pepper, Climbing black pepper, Ashanti pepper, Guinea pepper, Uziza Iyere, Ata-iyere (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ozeza (Igbo, Nigeria), Masooroo (Hausa, Nigeria), Soro wisa (Akan, Ghana) 21 NMP-138
Tithonia diversifolia Asteraceae Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower, Wild Sunflower, Japanese Sunflower Agbale, Jogbo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Mgoboo (Igbo, Nigeria) 44 NMP-185
Cymbopogon citratus Poaceae Lemon Grass, West Indian Lemon Grass, Fever Grass Nigeria: Kooko-Oba (Yoruba), Acharaehi (Igbo) | Philippines: Tanglad | Thailand: Takhrai | Indonesia: Serai | Sri Lanka: Sera 35 NMP-035
Eremomastax speciosa Leguminosae African Blood Tonic, Blood Spinach, Congo Spinach Jangborukan , Asoyin, Nkong-ikong (Efik), Mbamba (Ibibio) 28 NMP-056
Zingiber officinale Zingiberaceae Ginger, Garden Ginger, True Ginger Citta (Hausa, Nigeria), Ata-ile (Yoruba, Nigeria), Jinja (Igbo, Nigeria), Umuji (Efik, Nigeria), Inji (Tamil,India), Halia (Malay, Malaysia) 30 NMP-199
Piliostigma thonningii. Fabaceae Camels Foot, Monkey Bread Nigeria: Abafe (Yoruba); Kalgoo, cancali (Hausa); Okpachu (Igbo) 23 NMP-207
Eucalyptus cloeziana Eucalyptus Gympie Messmate, Iron Gum - 53 NMP-266
Boswellia dalzielii Burseraceae Frankincense tree, West African frankincense, Arbre à encens (French) Juguhi (Fula-Fulfulde Adamawa, Nigeria), Anndakehi, Janawhi, Shabilabi (Fulfulde, Nigeria), Ararrabi, Ba-samu, Cibdi, Dan magami, Hanoo, Hanoo kai, Kadayan, Tarmasika, Chibdi (Hausa, Nigeria), Kafi dukkan (Kanuri, Nigeria) 25 NMP-268
Brachystegia eurycoma Fabaceae - Achi (Igbo, Nigeria), Ekalado, Eku (Yoruba, Nigeria), Okweri (Edo, Nigeria), Akpakpa 48 NMP-269
Eucalyptus tereticornis Eucalyptus Forest red gum, Blue gum, Red irongum, Red gum, Bastard box - 55 NMP-271
Hyparrhenia rufa Poaceae Jaraguá grass, Giant thatching grass, Red thatching grass, Rooigras Hausa: jinfi, kyara na fadama, yamaa, Kambari-Salka: iidungurumi, Kanuri: kinditilo, Tiv: ijinga i pupu, Yoruba (Ilorin): alolo. 48 NMP-272
Tagetes erecta Asteraceae African marigold, Aztec marigold, American marigold, Big marigold, Mexican marigold, Genda phul - 41 NMP-274
Taxodium distichum Cupressaceae Bald cypress, Southern cypress, Swamp cypress, Red cypress, Gulf cypress - 26 NMP-275
Eugenia uniflora Myrtaceae Surinam Cherry, Brazilian Cherry, Pitanga, Cayenne Cherry, Cerisier Carre Pitanga (Brazil), Nangapiri (Paraguay), Cereza de Cayena (Spanish-speaking countries) 33 NMP-278
Eucalyptus torelliana Myrtaceae Cadaga, Cadagi, Torell’s Eucalyptus, Bloodwood - 43 NMP-279
Centratherum punctatum Asteraceae Brazilian bachelor's button, Larkdaisy, Purple knapweed, Brazilian button flower - 37 NMP-273
Morinda lucida Rubiaceae Brimstone-tree, Great Morinda, Sulphur Tree Oruwo, Eruwo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Eze Ogu (Igbo, Nigeria), Njisi (Efik, Nigeria), Kwasi Baa (Akan, Ghana) 51 NMP-111
Murraya Koenigii Rutaceae Curry Tree, Curry Leaf Tree, Sweet Neem Efirin oso (Yoruba,Nigeria), Marugbo Sanyan (Hausa, Nigeria), Akwukwo Curry (Igbo, Nigeria), Karivepaku (Telugu, India), Karuveppilai (Tamil, India), Karapincha (Sinhala, Sri Lanka) 48 NMP-114
Vitex simplicifolia Lamiaceae Bush Vitex, Simple-leaved Chaste Tree Dinyar Biri (Hausa, Nigeria), Orere (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ọkụkụ (Igbo, Nigeria) 17 NMP-202
Dioclea reflexa. Fabaceae Dioclea, Bulls Eye, Sea Bean, Drift Seed Agbarin/Epe/Arin (Yoruba, Nigeria), Utu (Igbo, Nigeria) 49 NMP-043
Prosopis africana Fabaceae African mesquite, Iron tree, Sassy wood Kiriya (Hausa, Nigeria), Ayan (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ubwa (Igbo, Nigeria), Okpehe (Edo, Nigeria), Sanchi (Fulani, Nigeria) 47 NMP-142
Crinum jagus Amaryllidaceae St. Christopher lily, Harmattan lily, poison bulb Albasar kwadi (Hausa, Nigeria), Ede-chukwu (Igbo, Nigeria), Edesuku (Yoruba, Nigeria) 31 NMP-302
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