medicinal plants in the south pacific
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Table of Contents page
PREFACE iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv
INTRODUCTION viii
NOTICE x
MEDICINAL PLANTS
Adenanthera pavonina L. 3
Ageratum conyzoides L. 5
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. 7
Alocassia macrorhiza (L.) G.Don f. 9
Aloe vera L. 11
Alphitonia zizyphoides (Sprenger) A. Gray 13
Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum 15
Annona muricata L 17
Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Posb. 19
Azadirachta indica A. Juss. 21
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz 23
Bischofia javanica Blume 25
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam. 27
Calophyllum inophyllum L. 29
Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.F. & Thoms. 31
Capsicum frutescens L. 33
Carica papaya L. 35
Cassia alata L. 37
Cassytha filiformis L. 39
Casuarina equisetifolia L. 41
Centella asiatica (L.) Urban 43
Cerbera manghas L. 45
Citrus aurantium L. 47
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck 49
Cocos nucifera L. 51
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Blume var. variegatum 53
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott 55
Commelina diffusa Bunn.f. 57
Commersonia bartramia (L.) Merr. 59
Cordia subcordata Lam. 61
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) Chev. 63
Crinum asiaticum L. 65
Curcuma longa L. 67
Davallia fijiensis Hook. 69
Decaspermum fructicosum sensu Drake 71
Dendrocnide harveyi (Seemann) Chew 73
Erythrina variegata L. 75
Euodia hortensis Forster 77
Euphorbia fidjiana Boiss. 79
Flagellaria spp. L. 81
Garcinia sessilis (Forster) Seemann 83
Gardenia taitensis DC. 85
Geniostoma rupestre s.l. Forst. 87
Guettarda speciosa L. 89
Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. 91
Hernandia nymphaeifolia (Presl.) Kubitzki 93
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. 95
Hibiscus tiliaceus L. var. tiliaceus 97
Hoya australis R.Br. 99 Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit. 101
Inocarpus fagifer (Parkinson) Fosh. 103
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Ipomoea indica (Bunn.) Merr. 105
Kyllinga brevifolia Rotth. 107
Kyllinga nemoralis (Forster) Dandy 109
Manihot esculenta Crantz 111
Micromelum minutum (Forster f.) Seemann 113
Mikania micrantha HBK. 115
Mimosa pudica L. 117
Momordica charantia L. 119
Morinda citrifolia L. 121
Musa nana Lour. 123
Mussaenda raiateensis J. W. Moore 125
Neisosperma oppositifolia (Lam.) Fosh. & Sachet 127
Ocimum spp. L. 129
Omalanthus nutans (Forst.f) Guillemin 131
Ophioglossum petiolatum Hook 133
Oxalis corniculata L. 135
Pandanus pyriformis (Martelli) St. John 137
Passiflora foetida (L.) var. hispida (DC.) Killip 139
Phymatosorus scolopendria Burm. 141
Physalis angulata L. 143
Piper methysticum Forster f. 145
Piper puberulum (Benth.) Benth. ex Seeman
var. glabrum A.C. Smith 147
Plantago major L. 149
Plumeria rubra L. 151
Polygonum dichrotomum Blume 153
Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms 155
Pometia pinnata J.R. & G. Forster 157
Premna serratifolia L. 159
Psidium guajava L. 161 Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv. 163 Psychotria insularum A. Gray 165 Punica granatum L. 167 Ricinus communis L. 169 Rorippa sarmentosa (DC.) Macbr. 171 Saccharum officinarum L. 173 Sansevieria trifasciata Hort. ex. Prain var.
laurentii (De Wildem.) N.E. Brown 175
Scaevola taccada (Gaertner) Roxb. 177
Solanum viride Solander ex Forst. f. 179
Spathoglottis pacifica Reichenb. f. 181
Spondias dulcis Sol. ex. Parkinson 183
Syzygium corynocarpum (A. Gray) C. Muell. 185
Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr .& Perry 187
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze 189
Tarenna sambucina (A. Gray) Dur. ex Drake 191
Terminalia catappa L. 193
Thespesia populnea (L.) Soland ex Correa 195
Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr. 197
Vitex trifolia L. 199
Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC. 201
Xylocarpus granatum Koenig 203
Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. 205 REFERENCES 207 INDEX: LOCAL NAMES 233