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African Medicinal Plants

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. 

More at:

http://www.ethnobotany.co.za/index.php/ethnobotany/african-medicinal-plants


Medicinal Plants in Common Use in West Africa
Abrus precatorius
Acacia Senegal
Acokanthera longiflora
Adansonia digitata
Agave sisalana
Ageratum conyzoides
Albizia anthelmintica
Allium sativum
Aloe ferox
Alstonia boonei
Ammi visnaga
Anchomanes difformis
Arachis hypogea
Aristolochia bracteata
Astragalus gumifer
Azardirachta indica
Balanites aegyptiaca
Boerhavia diffusa
Borreria verticillata
Calotropis procera
Carapa procera
Capsicum minimum
Carica papaya
Carum carvi
Cassia occidentalis
Cassia senna
Catharanthus roseus
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Chrysanthemum cinerariae-folium
Cinchona succirubra
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Centella coreacea
Crinum jagus
Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
Cymbopogon citratus
Datura stramonium
Euphorbia hirta
Euphorbia kamerunica
Funtumia elastica
Glinus lotoides
Harrisonia abyssinica
Heliotropium indicum
Hyoscyamus muticus
Jatropha curcus
Kalanchoe crenata
Lawsonia inermis
Mitragyna stipulosa
Momordica charantia
Morinda lucida
Moringa pterygosperina
Nauclea latifolia
Nicotiana tabacum
Nymphaea lotus
Ocimum gratissimum
Olea europea
Parquetina nigrescens
Peganum harmala
Pergularia daemia
Plumbago zeylanica
Physostigma venesosum
Phytolacca dodecandra
Piper guineense
Rapanea melanophloeos
Rauwolfia vomitoria
Ricinus communis
Securidaca longipedunculata
Securinega virosa
Solarium nigrum
Spondias mombin
Strophanthus kombe
Strychnos nux-vomica
Syzygium aromatium
Terminalia glaucescens
Thalictrum rhynchocarpum
Thea sinensis
Theobroma cacao
Trema orientalis
Triclesia gillettii
Voacanga africana
Warburgia ugandensis
Withania somnifera
Ximenia americana
Zanha golungensis
Zanthoxylum (Fagara) xanthoxyloides
Zingiber officinale

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