Catalog of Major African Medicinal Plants - African Medicinal Plants - page 32

table 2.1 ( Continued ) Catalog of Major african Medicinal Plants

Plant Name Medicinal Use Parts Used references

Artemisia macivarae fevers, wound healing leaves 6

Artemisia ramosa anthelmintic, colic, indigestion Whole plant, leaves 6, 11

Aspilia africana Pulmonary hemorrhage, wound dressing, fevers, anti-inlammatory leaves 9

Aspilia latifolia febrifuge, headache, hemorrhage leaves 11

Athanasia parvilora Malnutrition, poultice seeds

Berkheya barbata Pain relief, fevers aerial parts

Bidens bipinnata Conjunctivitis, earache, hemostatic, potherb, inlammation leaves, whole plant 6, 19

Bidens pilosa fungal infections, insecticide, body pains, dysentery, conjunctivitis, anemia,

snakebite, inlammation, high blood pressure, ilariasis, intercostal neuralgia,
psoriasis, wounds, oxytocic

leaves, lowers 6, 14, 19

Brachylaena huillensis schistosomiasis, diabetes aerial parts

Calendula offinalis Mild sedative, antiseptic, antifungal, local anti-inlammatory, wound healing leaves, lowers 16

Carduus nyassanus skin diseases, tonic aerial parts

Centaurea alexandrina Purgative, labor pains leaves 6, 11

Centipeda minima eye infection/inlammation, nasal inlammation, colds, malaria, hepatitis, diabetes

mellitus, eczema, vermifuge, anodyne, antitussive, depurative, diuretic, sternutatory

aerial parts 4, 17

Chamaemelum nobile anodyne, anti-inlammatory, antispasmodic, fevers, nervine, stomachic, tonic,

vasodilator, toothache, earache, aromatherapy, neuralgia

aerial parts 4

Chromolaena odoratus Cough, malaria, smallpox, yellow fever leaves

Chrysanthemoides monilifera Genitourinary disorders, male impotence, infections, diuretic leaves

Chrysocoma ciliata Gout, rheumatism, syphilis, wounds, varicose ulcers, jaundice, typhoid fever,

erysipelas, leukorrhea, constipation

aerial parts, roots 14

Cineraria geifolia skin diseases aerial parts

Conyza attenuata Cough remedy, analgesics leaves, stem bark 19

Conyza borariensis anti-inlammatory, skin diseases, ringworm aerial parts

Conyza pyrrhopappa Malaria, nosebleeds, dizziness, tonsillitis, insanity leaves, root bark 14

Conyza sumatrensis Conjunctivitis, fever in babies, eye injury, diarrhea, purgative, tuberculosis, malaria,

mycosis, fractures, headache, paralysis, skin diseases, asthma, burns

leaf sap, roots, leaves 4, 14

Cotula abyssinica inluenza, nose, colds, internal applications for fevers aerial parts 17

Cotula anthemoides inluenza, respiratory diseases, coughs, headache, digestive system disorders,

infections/infestations, pain

aerial parts 4