Scientific or Botanical Name

MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM SOUTH AMERICA Table 1
Genus/Species	Common Name	Family
Ananas comosus (L.)	Pineapple	Bromeliacae
Erythroxylum coca Lam.	Coca	Erythroxylacae
Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Bort.)	Ipecac	Rubiaceae
Carica papaya L.	Papaya	Caricaceae
Pilocarpus jaborandi Holmes	Jaborandi	Rutaceae
Cinchona ledgeriana M.ex Trimen	Yellow cinchona	Rubiaceae
Cinchona ledgeriana M.ex Trimen	Yellow cinchona	Rubiaceae
Strychnos nux-vomica L.	Nux vomica	Loganiaceae
Chondrodendron tomentosum R&P	Curare	Menispermaceae

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