Plant Species That Contained: 9-Octadecenoic acid

Species name Species Family Common Name Local Name Compound Species ID
Chrysophyllum albidum Sapotaceae : African Star Apple, White Star Apple Agbalumo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Udala (Igbo, Nigeria), Otien (Edo, Nigeria), Agwalima (Hausa, Nigeria), Alasa (Twi, Ghana) 23 NMP-020
Colocasia esculenta Araceae Taro, Cocoyam, Elephant ear, Dasheen, Eddoe Ede,Akashi (Igbo,Nigeria), Koko,Koko fun-fun (Yoruba, Nigeria),Gwaza(Hausa, Nigeria) 6 NMP-022
Costus afer Zingiberaceae Ginger lily, Spiral ginger, Bush cane, Monkey sugar cane Okpete, Okpoto (Igbo, Nigeria), Kakizuwa, Tumfafiyar kada (Hausa, Nigeria), Tete-egun, Ireke omode (Yoruba, Nigeria), Mbritem (Efik, Cameroon) 4 NMP-023
Curculigo pilosa Hypoxidaceae African Crocus, Hairy Curculigo Nigeria: Epakun (Yoruba), Dooyar Kureegee (Hausa), Biriji Jire (Fula-Fulfulde) | Ghana: Bebengaa (Adangme) | Senegal: Toyhõ (Mandinka) 13 NMP-032
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
Gouania longipetala Rhamnaceae Long-Petaled Rattlepod, Chew Stick Laghosa, Ewe Koko, Nsokoto 6 NMP-081
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
Saccharum officinarum Poaceae Sugarcane, Noble Cane Ireke (Yoruba, Nigeria), Rake (Hausa, Nigeria), Ko (Hawaiian), Ganna (Hindi, India), Tebu (Malay). 13 NMP-150
Urena lobata Malvaceae Congo Jute, Caesarweed, Bur Mallow, Aramina Fiber, Hibiscus Burr Ilasa-Omode, Ilasa-Agborin, Akerielu, Okeriri, Efore-Loka, Akeeri (Yoruba, Nigeria), Odo-Ezeze (Igbo, Nigeria), Rama, (Hausa, Nigeria), Mgbo (Igbo, Nigeria) 43 NMP-189
Vernonia colorata Compositae Bitter Tree, Sweet Bitter Leaf, Ironweed Eriro-Ijebu (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ndoleh (Cameroon), Gbolo (Ewe, Ghana), Mululuza (Luganda, Uganda) 7 NMP-194
Irvingia gabonensis. Irvingiaceae Bush mango, dika nut Ogbono (Igbo), Oro, Oyin (Yoruba), Ogwe, Ohere (Edo), Oro (Hausa) 13 NMP-229
Strychnos innocua Loganiaceae powder-bark monkey-orange - 27 NMP-253
Azanza garckeana Malvaceae - African chewing gum, goron tula (Hausa), snot apple, tree hibiscus, mutohwe (Shona), nkole (Sri Lanka) uXakuxaku (isiNdebele) and morojwa (Setswana). 15 NMP-260
Moringa oleifera Moringaceae Moringa, drumstick tree, horseradish tree or malunggay Zogale (Nigeria, Hausa) and Ewe ile (Nigeria, Yoruba) 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
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
Pyrenacantha staudtii Icacinaceae Pyrenacantha, Spiny Icacin Oroto-agba, Iru okete, Ahara (Yoruba, Nigeria), Orokotomu, Ohogbo (Edo, Nigeria), Nhia (Igbo, Nigeria) 46 NMP-147
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