African Medicinal Plants
South African traditional healing utilizes a multitude of plants
to treat an array of health/medical conditions.
Each plant has a use says Mama
Maponya. This is knowledge known to every healer across the planet. There is no
plant that does not have some use!
South Africa has a wonderfully rich biodiversity with all sorts of
plants strewn across our beautiful landscapes with thousands of different uses.
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Abrus precatorius
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Acacia Senegal
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Acokanthera longiflora
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Adansonia digitata
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Agave sisalana
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Ageratum conyzoides
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Albizia anthelmintica
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Allium sativum
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Aloe ferox
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Alstonia boonei
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Ammi visnaga
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Anchomanes difformis
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Arachis hypogea
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Aristolochia bracteata
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Astragalus gumifer
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Azardirachta indica
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Balanites aegyptiaca
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Boerhavia diffusa
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Borreria verticillata
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Calotropis procera
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Carapa procera
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Capsicum minimum
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Carica papaya
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Carum carvi
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Cassia occidentalis
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Cassia senna
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Catharanthus roseus
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Chenopodium ambrosioides
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Chrysanthemum cinerariae-folium
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Cinchona succirubra
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Cinnamomum zeylanicum
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Centella coreacea
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Crinum jagus
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Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
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Cymbopogon citratus
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Datura stramonium
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Euphorbia hirta
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Euphorbia kamerunica
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Funtumia elastica
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Glinus lotoides
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Harrisonia abyssinica
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Heliotropium indicum
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Hyoscyamus muticus
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Jatropha curcus
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Kalanchoe crenata
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Lawsonia inermis
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Mitragyna stipulosa
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Momordica charantia
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Morinda lucida
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Moringa pterygosperina
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Nauclea latifolia
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Nicotiana tabacum
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Nymphaea lotus
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Ocimum gratissimum
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Olea europea
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Parquetina nigrescens
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Peganum harmala
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Pergularia daemia
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Plumbago zeylanica
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Physostigma venesosum
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Phytolacca dodecandra
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Piper guineense
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Rapanea melanophloeos
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Rauwolfia vomitoria
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Ricinus communis
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Securidaca longipedunculata
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Securinega virosa
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Solarium nigrum
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Spondias mombin
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Strophanthus kombe
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Strychnos nux-vomica
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Syzygium aromatium
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Terminalia glaucescens
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Thalictrum rhynchocarpum
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Thea sinensis
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Theobroma cacao
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Trema orientalis
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Triclesia gillettii
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Voacanga africana
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Warburgia ugandensis
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Withania somnifera
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Ximenia americana
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Zanha golungensis
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Zanthoxylum (Fagara)
xanthoxyloides
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Zingiber officinale
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