Plant Species That Contained: Caryophyllene

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
Crateva adansonii Capparaceae Sacred garlic pear, Varun, Three-leaf caper, Barna Amakarode ( (Igbo,Nigeria), Eegun-orun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bududu , Gude , Ingidido, Ingidudu, Kalu, Gudai (Hausa, Nigeria) 43 NMP-025
Dialium guineense Leguminosae Velvet Tamarind, Black Tamarind, Tumble Tree, African Black Velvet Nigeria: Awin, Igbaru (Yoruba), Icheku (Igbo), Tsamiyar Kurmi/Biri (Hausa) | Benin: Assiswe (Fon) | Ghana: Yoyi (Akan) | Sierra Leone: Black Tombla (Krio) | Togo: Atchethewh (Ewe) | Guinea-Bissau: Veludo (Portuguese) 2 NMP-042
Ehretia cymosa Boraginaceae Puzzle Bush, Ivorywood, African Puzzle Bush Jaoke (Yoruba, Nigeria), Umukara (Igbo, Nigeria),Wanza (Amharic, Ethiopia) ,Nsanson (Akan, Ghana) 9 NMP-049
Ficus exasperata Moraceae Sandpaper Tree, Rough-Leaf Fig, Forest Sandpaper Fig Epin, Ewe-Ipin (Yoruba, Nigeria), Anwirinwa (Igbo, Nigeria), Kawuse (Nupe, Nigeria), 14 NMP-070
Gossypium barbadense Malvaceae West Indian Cotton, Sea Island Cotton, Pima Cotton, Egyptian Cotton, Extra-Long Staple (ELS) Cotton Owu (Yoruba, Nigeria), Akese (Ewe, Ghana), Audugar tsibiri, Audugar masar, Gwundi, Ba gwandara, Batuka, Buke (Hausa, Nigeria), Olulu Ogho (Edo, Nigeria), Owula (Igbo, Nigeria) 7 NMP-080
Greenwayodendron suaveolens Annonaceae African Teak, Polished Teak, Scented Greenway Agudugbu (Yoruba, Nigeria), Motunga (Aka, Central Africa), Nkamba (Lingala, DR Congo), Essabam (Cameroon) 23 NMP-082
Laggera alata Compositae Laggera, Winged Laggera Agemo-kogun, Eru-taba (Yoruba, Nigeria), Luobuma (Chinese), Nchenthia (Baka, Cameroon), Abanaadene (Igbo, Nigeria), 5 NMP-095
Laggera aurita Compositae Laggera, Hairy Laggera Taba-ebora, Eru-taba (Yoruba, Nigeria) 13 NMP-096
Millettia thonningii Leguminosae Milletia, Thonning’s Millettia, African Rosewood Ito (Yoruba, Nigeria), Tuburku (Hausa, Nigeria), Ajukwu Okeokpa (Igbo, Nigeria), Kpaye (Ewe, Ghana) 7 NMP-106
Momordica angustisepala Cucurbitaceae Narrow-sepaled Balsam-Apple, Wild Bitter Gourd Ejirin-nla (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ose Igbo (Igbo, Nigeria) 14 NMP-108
Ocimum basilicum Labiatae Sweet Basil, Hairy Basil, Common Basil, Thai Basil Efirin-wewe (Yoruba, Nigeria), Daddoya, (Hausa, Nigeria), Nchanwu (Igbo, Nigeria), Akoko Mesa (Twi, Ghana), Tulsi (Hindi, India) 21 NMP-122
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
Senna occidentalis Leguminosae Coffee Senna, African Coffee, Styptic Weed, Septicweed, Stinking Weed Rai dore. Sanga sanga (Hausa, Nigeria), Akidi agbara (Igbo, Nigeria), Abo rere, Oduduemerema (Yoruba, Nigeria). 8 NMP-157
Senna podocarpa Leguminosae Senna, African Senna, Podocarpa Senna Asunwon-ibile, Asunrin, Aja-rere (Yoruba, Nigeria), Okpo (Igbo, Nigeria). 17 NMP-158
Solanum nigrum Solanaceae Black nightshade, wonder berry Efo odu (Yoruba, Nigeria), Gautan kadii (Hausa, Nigeria) 36 NMP-164
Tetrapleura tetraptera Leguminosae Aidan Tree, Prekese, Gum Tree, African Spice Oshosho, Obogolo (Igbo, Nigeria), Aridan (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ighimiaka (Edo, Nigeria), Uyayak (Efik, Nigeria), Prekese (Twi, Ghana), Dawo {Hausa, Nigeria) 29 NMP-183
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
Palisota hirsuta Commelinaceae Hairy Palisota, African spiderwort Ewe Akoko, Akerejupon (Yoruba), Ikpele oku, Ikpere aturu (Igbo), Kpuoke (Mano, Liberia), Some-nini (Akan-Asante, Ghana), Tologbelo (Kissi, Sierra Leone), Kumbe (Manding-Mandinka, Sierra Leone). 46 NMP-243
Tithonia rotundifolia Asteraceae Mexican sunflower, Red sunflower, Red torch - 41 NMP-254
Araucaria cunninghamii Araucariaceae Hoop Pine, Colonial Pine, Queensland Pine, Dorrigo Pine, Moreton Bay Pine, Richmond River Pine - 47 NMP-263
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
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
Taxodium distichum Cupressaceae Bald cypress, Southern cypress, Swamp cypress, Red cypress, Gulf cypress - 26 NMP-275
Eucalyptus torelliana Myrtaceae Cadaga, Cadagi, Torell’s Eucalyptus, Bloodwood - 43 NMP-279
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
Olax mannii Olacaceae Climbing Olax, Mann’s Olax Tsadar birii (Hausa, Nigeria), Ngborogwu arua (Igbo, Nigeria) 11 NMP-203
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
Mezoneuron benthamianum Fabaceae Chewing-stick plant; thorny hedge or scrambling shrub Amuranju, Jenifiran (Yoruba, Nigeria) 13 NMP-304
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