Bongardia chrysogonum of Jordanian origin has yielded the phenolic fatty ester bongardol[l] and the amidic alkaloid jordanine 131. Bongardia chrysogonum C.A. Mey. (Leonticaceae) is a small plant native to the eastern Mediterranean. In Jordan, it is known as "Uruf-el-Deek" (Rooster's Coxcomb) due to the deep red dots spotted on the leaves. Both the rhizomes and leaves are edible, possessing a taste resembling that of lemons. Additionally, the boiled extracts are used locally in the treatment of epilepsy. The only recorded previous study of B. chtysogonum had resulted in the isolation of the stylbenoid base leonticine, which corresponds to the Hofmann product from the tetrahydrobenzylisoquinoline alkaloid pitaline ( 1,2).With a view to a further investigation of this plant, the aerial parts and the tubers were collected in southern Jordan at A1 Karak within sight of the old crusaders' castle.Alkaloidal as well as neutral and acidic fractions were investigated. Known alkaloids found were the phenethylamine hordenine (3), and the tetrahydrobenzylisoquinolines (+)-reticuline (4), (+)-codamine (5), (?)-N-methylcoclaurine (6) and (+)-coclaurine (7). Among the neutral and acidic compounds were methyl 4-hydroxyphenylacetate (8), which was present in large amounts, 4-hydroxyphenylacetamide (9),4-hydroxyphenethyl alcohol (lo), propionamide ( 1 l), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenethyl alcohol (12), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenylpropyl alcohol (13), octadecanoic acid (14), hexacosanoic acid (IS), triacontanoic acid ( 16), and the nearly ubiquitous p-sitosterol.