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Appendix 5 - 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

Source: Sofonara 1982.


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