May be this information is helpful if you are planning experiments on antisyphilitic activity of plant extracts:
Species of Datisca, Euphorbia, Lobelia (Toxic Plants of North America by GE Burrows and RJ Tyrl) and Acacia leucephloea (Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary by C.P. Khare) were reported to have the activity (folklore use).
Guaiacum officinale was imported just in the year of 1508 to Spain. The powder of the wood, named Lignum sanctum, Lignum vitae oder Lignum benedictum
was used against lues venerae (syphilis).At the time in Germany the drug was used, too. The book "De Guajaci medicina et morbo gallico liber unus" was writen from Ulrich von Huttens in the year of 1519. This book was spread over the royal community for healing this illness. The special application of the drug against syphilis was developed from the spanish physician Monardes.
I am suggesting going through the attached article. In this article, A Ayurveda classical literature Rasa tarangini therapeutic indications have been described. In this article, on page no 10 (344 to 348 no) there was a reference of Javitri ( Myristica fragrans), Lavanga ( Syzygium aromaticum ), Guduchi ( Tinospora cordifolia), Ananta moola ( Hemidesmus indicus ) have been indicated with some mercurial preparations.