Plant Species That Contained: limonene

Species name Species Family Common Name Local Name Compound Species ID
Ficus asperifolia Moraceae Sandpaper Plant, Rough-Leaf Fig Ipin, Asesa (Yoruba, Nigeria), Baure (Hausa, Nigeria), Ntchach Lum (Bamileke, Cameroon), Thutsia (Bamileke, Cameroon) 21 NMP-068
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
Pachira glabra Bombacaceae Guinea Peanut, Lucky Tree, Guiana Chestnut, Saba Nut, Money Tree Epa-boro (Yoruba, Nigeria), Munguba (Brazil), Zapote de Agua (Spanish, Central America), Castanho do Maranhão (Portuguese, Brazil) 22 NMP-124
Phyllanthus muellerianus Euphorbiaceae Myrobalan, African Myrobalan, Wild Gooseberry Majiriyar Kurmi, Kumcii (Hausa, Nigeria), Egungun-eja Arunjeran, Eegun-eja (Yoruba, Nigeria), Egueza (Igbo, Nigeria), Mbolongo (Baka, Cameroon) 29 NMP-134
Solanum nigrum Solanaceae Black nightshade, wonder berry Efo odu (Yoruba, Nigeria), Gautan kadii (Hausa, Nigeria) 36 NMP-164
Tithonia diversifolia Asteraceae Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower, Wild Sunflower, Japanese Sunflower Agbale, Jogbo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Mgoboo (Igbo, Nigeria) 44 NMP-185
Araucaria cunninghamii Araucariaceae Hoop Pine, Colonial Pine, Queensland Pine, Dorrigo Pine, Moreton Bay Pine, Richmond River Pine - 47 NMP-263
Brachystegia nigerica Fabaceae - Okwen (Edo, Nigeria), Agunri, Eku (Yoruba, Nigeria), Achi (Igbo, Nigeria) 4 NMP-264
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
Callitris columellaris Myrtaceae White cypress-pine, Murray River cypress-pine, Bribie Island pine, Northern cypress-pine, Inland cypress-pine - 3 NMP-280
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
Olax mannii Olacaceae Climbing Olax, Mann’s Olax Tsadar birii (Hausa, Nigeria), Ngborogwu arua (Igbo, Nigeria) 11 NMP-203
Euphorbia heterophylla Euphorbiaceae Mexican Fireplant, Painted Euphorbia, Wild Poinsettia, Fire-on-the-Mountain Egele (Yoruba, Nigeria) 14 NMP-064
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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