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page 1Plants used in traditional African medicine
Momordica charantia
species of plant in the family Cucurbitaceae
Chenopodium album
species of plant
Centella asiatica
species of plant
Chrysopogon zizanioides
species of plant
Myrtus
thumb|Myrtus communis – MHNT
Achyranthes aspera
species of plant
Amaranthus spinosus
species of plant
Galinsoga parviflora
species of plant
Balanites aegyptiaca
species of plant
Acacia tortilis
species of plant
Aframomum melegueta
species of plant
kola nut
fruit of the kola tree
Prunus africana
species of plant
Spondias mombin
species of plant
Bambusa vulgaris
species of plant
Plectranthus amboinicus
species of plant
Dichrostachys cinerea
species of plant
Harpagophytum
thumb|Dry fruit of H. procumbens - MHNT
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thumb|upright|San people|San man collecting devil's claw in [[Namibia (2017)]]
Harpagophytum ( ), also called grapple plant, wood spider, and most commonly '''devil's claw''', is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name "devil's claw" to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit. Several species of North American plants in the genus Proboscidea and certain species of Pisonia, however, are also known by this name. Devil's claw's tuberous roots are used in folk medicine to
Entada rheedei
species of plant
Amaranthus hybridus
species of plant
Momordica balsamina
species of plant
Vernonia amygdalina
species of plant
Asystasia gangetica
species of plant
Amaranthus dubius
species of plant
Plumbago zeylanica
species of plant
Xylopia aethiopica
species of plant
Monodora myristica
species of plant
Solanum americanum
species of plant
Leonotis leonurus
species of plant
Euphorbia candelabrum
species of plant
Pachylobus edulis
species of plant
Vachellia sieberiana
species of plant
Boophone
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Boophone is a small genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.) It consists of two confirmed species distributed across South Africa to Kenya and Uganda. It is closely related to Crossyne, a genus whose species have prostrate leaves. They are drought tolerant but not cold-hardy, and are very poisonous to livestock.
Agathosma betulina
species of plant
Acokanthera schimperi
species of plant
Cyclopia
genus of plants
Encephalartos altensteinii
species of plant
Milicia excelsa
species of plant
Helichrysum petiolare
species of plant
Hoodia gordonii
species of plant
Ocotea bullata
species of plant
Boscia senegalensis
species of plant
Salvia aurea
species of plant
Acokanthera oblongifolia
species of plant
Aframomum corrorima
species of plant
Garcinia kola
species of plant
Khaya anthotheca
African tree species
Senna italica
species of plant
Pterocarpus soyauxii
species of plant
Eriocephalus
thumb|left|Eriocephalus africanus in flower
thumb|left|Eriocephalus africanus after seeding
thumb|left|Eriocephalus africanus; details of inflorescence
Aerva lanata
species of plant
Pycnanthus angolensis
species of plant
Physalis viscosa
species of plant
Crassocephalum
Crassocephalum is a genus the common names of whose members include ragleaf, thickhead, and bologi. Several species are raised as leaf vegetables and used for medicine, especially in West Africa. Similar to Senecio, but differing in never having ray florets. A calyculus of short bracts (c.1/4 to 1/5 of the length of the inner phyllaries) is present. The genus is typically thistle-like in appearance, but all parts are soft and not spiny.
Ficus sur
Afrotropical species of fig
Solanum aculeastrum
species of plant
Detarium senegalense
species of plant
Zanthoxylum asiaticum
species of plant
Tulbaghia violacea
species of plant
Salix mucronata
species of plant