Catalog of Major African Medicinal Plants - African Medicinal Plants - page 100

table 2.1 ( Continued ) Catalog of Major african Medicinal Plants

Plant Name Medicinal Use Parts Used references

Buddleja saligna Coughs, colds, purgative leaves, roots 11, 14

Buddleja salviifolia stomachache, diarrhea, latulence, coughs, ophthalmia leaves, roots 4, 11, 14

Camptoloma rotundifolium anodyne, orally and externally for body pains, burns, injuries roots, 4

Cycnium camporum snakebite, wounds leaves, whole plant 14

Cycnium herzfeldianum hemostatic, exhaustion, marasmus aerial parts, leaf sap 14

Cycnium racemosum General body pain, emetic, ease childbirth roots 14

Sutera atropurpurea headache, anxiety states, coughs leaves 6, 11

Sutera burkeana Conjunctivitis, cataract, insanity, abdominal pain, ease childbirth leaves, whole plant 4, 11

Scytopetalaceae (Lecythidaceae)

Selaginellaceae

Selaginella caffrorum headache, venereal sores rhizome 14

Selaginella cathedrifolia dizziness, analgesic leaves 4

Selaginella imbricata toothache frond 6, 11

Selaginella myosurus oxytocic, splenomegaly, headache, bronchitis, fevers, gonorrhea, ringworm, eye

diseases

leaves, whole plant 14

Selaginella rupestris smoke with Lycopodium species for headache, dressing for syphilitic sores rhizome 11

Simaroubaceae

Brucea antidysenterica diarrhea, dysentery, parasitic skin diseases leaves 11

Brucea ferruginea fevers, stomachache, constipation leaves 11

Hannoa klaineana fevers, colic venereal diseases, embrocation for pains stem bark, leaves 7

Mannia africana fruit rind and leaves as tonic, seed lotion for lice fruits, leaves, seeds 6, 7

Odyendyea gabonensis stomachache, bronchitis, lung complaints, head lice, psoriasis stem bark, leaves

Quassia africana febrifuge, tonic, anthelmintic stem, leaves 6, 7

Siparunaceae

Glossocalyx longicuspis fevers, abdominal pains leaves 4

Smilacaceae

Smilax kraussiana Venereal diseases, tonic, fevers roots 7