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Table 4 Medicinal plants used in the management of malaria in Bwambara Subcounty, Rukungiri District, Uganda

From: Ethnomedicinal plants used for malaria treatment in Rukungiri District, Western Uganda

No.

Family

Botanical name

Voucher number

Part used

Life form

FC

UV

 

Acanthaceae

     

1

Justicia anselliana (Nees) T. Anderson

H22-013

L

Shrub

1

0.008

 

Apocynaceae

     

2

Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels

H22-030

L

Vine

1

0.008

3

Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippod

H22-049

L

Tree

1

0.008

 

Asphodelaceae

     

4

Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f

H22-022

L

Herb

35

0.28

 

Asteraceae

     

5

Baccharoides lasiopus (O.Hoffm) H.Rob

H22-008

L, RB

Shrub

6

0.048

6

Berkheya barbata (L.f.) Hutch

H22-040

L

Herb

1

0.008

7

Bidens pilosa L

H22-035

Fl

Herb

3

0.024

8

Bothriocline longipes (Oliv. & Hiern)

N.E.Br

H22-046

L

Herb

1

0.008

9

Crassocephalum vitellinum (Benth.) S. Moore

H22-016

L

Herb

1

0.008

10

Vernonia amygdalina Delile

H22-002

L, RB

Shrub

76

0.608

11

Hoffmannanthus abbotianus (O.Hoffm.) H.Rob., S.C.Keeley & Skvarla

H22-019

L

Herb

4

0.032

12

Laggera alata (D.Don) Sch.Bip. ex Oliv

H22-020

L

Herb

1

0.008

13

Solanecio mannii (Hook.f.) C. Jeffrey

H22-005

L

Shrub

2

0.016

14

Sonchus oleraceus L

H22-011

St

Herb

5

0.04

15

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray

H22-050

L

Shrub

5

0.04

 

Bignoniaceae

     

16

Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth

H22-036

L

Tree

1

0.008

17

Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K.Schum

H22-031

RB

Tree

1

0.008

 

Canellaceae

     

18

Warburgia ugandensis Sprague

H22-014

SB

Tree

3

0.024

 

Caricaceae

     

19

Carica papaya L

H22-047

SB, L, Fr

Tree

6

0.048

 

Cleomaceae

     

20

Cleome gynandra L

H22-001

L

Herb

1

0.008

 

Cucurbitaceae

     

21

Momordica foetida Schumach

H22-025

L, SB

Vine

2

0.016

 

Euphorbiaceae

     

22

Manihot esculenta Crantz

H22-033

L

Shrub

1

0.008

23

Shirakiopsis elliptica (Hochst.) Esser

H22-009

L

Tree

1

0.008

 

Fabaceae

     

24

Albizia coriaria Welw. ex Oliv

H22-012

SB

Tree

2

0.016

25

Erythrina abyssinica Lam

H22-010

L

Tree

3

0.024

26

Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A.Rich

H22-006

L, RB

Shrub

1

0.008

27

Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

H22-037

L

Shrub

2

0.016

28

Vachellia hockii (De Wild.) Seigler & Ebinger

H22-041

SB

Tree

1

0.008

 

Lamiaceae

     

29

Clerodendrum capitatum (Wild.) Schumach

H22-021

L

Shrub

5

0.032

30

Ocimum gratissimum

H22-003

L

Shrub

1

0.008

31

Ocimum kilimandscharicum Gürke

H22-018

L

Shrub

2

0.016

32

Plectranthus barbatus Andrews

H22-007

L

Shrub

3

0.024

 

Malvaceae

     

33

Sida alba L

H22-044

L

Shrub

3

0.024

 

Meliaceae

     

34

Azadirachta indica A. Juss

H22-048

L

Tree

15

0.12

 

Moringaceae

     

35

Moringa oleifera Lam

H22-027

Seed, L

Tree

4

0.032

 

Musaceae

     

36

Musa acuminata Colla

H22-023

L

Herb

1

0.008

 

Myrtaceae

     

37

Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden

H22-039

L

Tree

2

0.016

 

Poaceae

     

38

Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf

H22-026

L

Grass

6

0.048

39

Imperata cylindrica (L.) P.Beauv

H22-042

L

Grass

1

0.008

40

Pennisetum purpureum Schumach

H22-029

St

Grass

2

0.016

41

Saccharum officinarum L

H22-004

St

Grass

1

0.008

 

Rhamnaceae

     

42

Gouania longispicata Engl

H22-028

L

Liana

1

0.008

 

Rutaceae

     

43

Citrus limon (L.) Burm.fil

H22-043

L, SB

Tree

2

0.016

44

Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook.f

H22-032

L

Shrub

1

0.008

 

Solanaceae

     

45

Nicotiana tabacum L

H22-015

L

Herb

1

0.008

46

Physalis peruviana L

H22-034

L, RB

Herb

3

0.024

 

Verbenaceae

     

47

Lantana trifolia L

H22-024

L

Shrub

3

0.024

 

Vitaceae

     

48

Cyphostemma adenocaule (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Desc

H22-017

L

Liana

1

0.008

49

Unidentified

NA

L

NA

6

0.048

50

Unidentified

NA

L

NA

3

0.024

51

Unidentified

NA

L

NA

1

0.008

52

Unidentified

NA

L

NA

2

0.016

53

Unidentified

NA

L

NA

4

0.032

54

Unidentified

NA

L

NA

1

0.008

55

Unidentified

NA

L

NA

1

0.008

  1. NA  not applicable, FC  frequency of citation, UV  use value, plant parts: Bk  bark, Fl  flowers, Fr  fruits, L  leaf, RB  root bark, St  stem, SB  stem bark