Plant Species That Contained: Ellagic acid

Species name Species Family Common Name Local Name Compound Species ID
Borreria verticillata. Rubiaceae African Borreria, Shrubby False Buttonweed, Whiteweed Irawo ile (Yoruba, Nigeria), Uniedi (Yoruba, Nigeria), Karya garma (Hausa, Nigeria), Mkonokono (Swahili, East Africa), Tooga (Moore, Burkina Faso), Soyo-na (Susu-Dyalonke, Sierra Leone), Eribun (Diola, Senegal) 19 NMP-012
Ficus capensis Moraceae African Mustard Tree, Cape Fig, Wild Fig Opoto (Yoruba, Nigeria), Farin Baure (Hausa, Nigeria), Anwerenwa (Igbo, Nigeria), Ogbaikolo (Igala, Nigeria), Akoro (Nsukka, Nigeria) Umvubu (Zulu, South Africa) 9 NMP-069
Solanum aethiopicum Solanaceae : African eggplant, scarlet eggplant, bitter tomato, cleome Osun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Todo (Nigeria), Gauta (Hausa, Nigeria) 8 NMP-163
Terminalia glaucescens Combretaceae Glaucous Terminalia, Grey Terminalia, West African Almond Idi-Odan (Yoruba, Nigeria), Baushe (Hausa, Nigeria), Koma (Baule, Ivory Coast), Wolo (Mandinka, Mali), Kworli (Dagbani, Ghana), Daroth (Fula-Pulaar, Senegal), Horo (Bambara, Mali) 3 NMP-179
Luffa cylindrica Cucurbitaceae Smooth Loofah, Vegetable Sponge, Sponge Gourd, Dishcloth Gourd, Egyptian Cucumber Aya-oyinbo , Kankan Oyinbo, Kankan Ayaba (Yoruba, Nigeria), Soso (Hausa, Nigeria), Asisa (Igbo, Nigeria) 46 NMP-101
Talinum triangulare Portulacaceae Waterleaf, Ceylon spinach, fame flower, Surinam purslane Gbure (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ofe bake (Igbo, Nigeria), Ntu oka (Igbo, Nigeria), Alenyruwai (Hausa, Nigeria) 49 NMP-174
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