Plant Species That Contained: 6-octadecenoic acid

Species name Species Family Common Name Local Name Compound Species ID
Chenopodium ambrosioides Chenopodiaceae Wormseed, Mexican Tea, Epazote, Jesuits Tea Ewe-imi (Yoruba, Nigeria), Asin (Yoruba, Nigeria), Arunpale (Yoruba, Nigeria), Mastruz (Brazil), Mkhinza (Morocco), Paico (Peru) 15 NMP-019
Elaeis guineensis Palmae African Oil Palm, Red Oil Palm, Oil Palm Nigeria: Ope, Igi-ope (Yoruba), Nkwe (Igbo), Ake (Edo), Kwakwar Manja (Hausa) | Ghana: Abe (Akan) 12 NMP-051
Euphorbia hirta Euphorbiaceae Asthma Weed, Hairy Spurge, Garden Spurge, Snakeweed, Pill-Bearing Spurge Emi-ile (Yoruba, Nigeria), Egele (Igbo, Nigeria), Nonon Kurciyaa (Hausa, Nigeria) ,Tawa-tawa (Tagalog, Philippines), Dudhi (Hindi, India), Ahihia Ugwa (Akan, Ghana), Odane Inenemii (Samoa) 8 NMP-065
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
Plumbago zeylanica Plumbaginaceae Ceylon Leadwort, Doctorbush, Wild Leadwort, White-flowered Leadwort, Chitrak Inabiri, Onaya ako (Yoruba, Nigeria), Chithramoolam (Tamil, India), Chitraka (Sanskrit, India), Agni (Hindi, India) 22 NMP-139
Senna tora Leguminosae Sickle Senna, Sickle Pod, Tora, Coffee Pod, Foetid Cassia, Ringworm Plant Tafasa (Hausa, Nigeria), Ewe-rere (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ọbaraedo (Igbo, Nigeria), Chakavad (Hindi, India), Taghrai (Tamil, India), Jue Ming Zi (Mandarin, China) 19 NMP-160
Tetracarpidium conophorum Euphorbiaceae African Walnut, Conophor Nut, Nigerian Walnut Awusa, Asala (Yoruba, Nigeria), Asala (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ukpa (Igbo, Nigeria), Kaso, Awudi bairi (Hausa, Nigeria), Ekporo (Efik, Nigeria) 7 NMP-182
Vernonia amygdalina Compositae Bitter Leaf, African Bitter Leaf, Ironweed Ewuro (Yoruba, Nigeria), Onugbu (Igbo, Nigeria), Shiwaka (Hausa, Nigeria), Olubu (Edo, Nigeria), Grawa (Amharic, Ethiopia), Etidot (Efik, Nigeria) 23 NMP-192
Ximenia americana Olacaceae Wild Plum, Yellow Plum, Wild Lime, Seaside Plum, Hog Plum, Tallow Wood Tsada (Hausa, Nigeria), Anya Nwona (Igbo, Nigeria), Igo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ame (Swahili, East Africa), Ntsayi (Venda, South Africa) 10 NMP-196
Musa acuminata Musaceae Dwarf banana, Edible banana, Dessert banana, Plantain - 10 NMP-230
Napoleonaea imperialis Lecythidaceae Napoleons Hat, Napoleons Buttons Nigeria: Ukpakonrisa (Edo); Obu-anagbo, Otukuche (Igala); Akpodo, Ukpodu, Atwuoko, Akpo Iziga, Isi Efe (Igbo). 17 NMP-235
Synepalum dulcificum Sapotaceae Miracle fruit, Miracle berry, Sweet berry Agbayun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Azimomo (Edo, Nigeria), Uni (Igbo, Nigeria) 14 NMP-251
Samanea saman Caesalpinioideae Cow tamarind, French tamarind, Monkey pod, Rain tree, Arbre de pluie, Saman - 2 NMP-265
Eucalyptus cloeziana Eucalyptus Gympie Messmate, Iron Gum - 53 NMP-266
Hyptis suaveolens Lamiaceae Bush mint, Pignut, Chan, Wild spikenard - 9 NMP-286
Moringa oleifera Moringaceae Moringa, Drumstick tree, Horseradish tree, Ben oil tree, Miracle tree, Malunggay Zogale (Hausa, Nigeria), Ewe ile (Yoruba, Nigeria), Okwe oyibo (Igbo, Nigeria), Mlonge (Swahili, Kenya) 14 NMP-290
Erythrina senegalensis Fabaceae Senegal Coral Tree, Parrot Tree, Coral Tree, Red Bean Tree Nte (Bambara, Mali), Minjirya, Idon zakara (Hausa, Nigeria), Osun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Koroballi (Fulfulde, Cameroon), Ndial (Wolof, Senegal) 9 NMP-058
Piliostigma reticulatum Fabaceae Camel’s foot, Monkey bread, Leather tree Nguiguis (Wolof, Senegal), Korobo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bani (Hausa, Nigeria), Musacanca (Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau), Barke (Fulfulde, Mali) 11 NMP-137
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
Adansonia digitata Malvaceae African baobab, baobab, monkey-bread tree, upside-down tree Kuka (Hausa), kurnje (Dera, Nigeria), usi (Edo, Nigeria), boh ere, bokki, bokko (Fula-Fulfulde, Nigeria), kwahi (Gwari, Nigeria), obobo (Igala, Nigeria), kalkuwa, kuwa (Kanuri, Nigeria), emu, muci (Nupe, Nigeria) 16 NMP-296
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