Abstract:Eight compounds have been obtained from the root and stem of Excoecaria oochinchinensis var. viridis growing in Tonghai county of Yunnan province. According to their spectroscopic analyses and physicochemical constants, they have been identified as: shikimic acid, 1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid-5-hydroxy-3, 4-isopropylidene-dioxy, oxy-bis(5-methylene-2-furaldehyde), β-sitosterol, tetraeosanoic acid, palmic acid, steric acid and hentriacontane.