<Tr> <Td> Capsicum annuum </Td> <Td> Cayenne </Td> <Td> Type of chili that has been used as both food and medicine for thousands of years . Uses have included reducing pain and swelling, lowering triglyceride and cholesterol levels and fighting viruses and harmful bacteria, due to high levels of Vitamin C . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Capsicum frutescens </Td> <Td> Chili </Td> <Td> Its active ingredient, capsaicine, is the basic of commercial pain - relief ointments in Western medicine . The low incidence of heart attack in Thais may be related to capsaicine's fibronolytic action (dissolving blood clots). </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carica papaya </Td> <Td> Papaya </Td> <Td> Used for treating wounds . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cassia occidentalis </Td> <Td> Coffee senna </Td> <Td> Used in a wide variety of roles in traditional medicine, including in particular as a broad - spectrum internal and external antimicrobial, for liver disorders, for intestinal worms and other parasites and as an immune - system stimulant . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

Example of a rain forest plant that is being used to produce pharmaceuticals