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Table 1 Plant families with number of species recorded in Sekenani and number of species with traditional use.

From: Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya

Plant family

Species found

Species used

Acanthaceae

11

2

Adianthaceae

2

1

Aizoaceae

1

1

Amaranthaceae

4

1

Anacardiaceae

2

2

Anthericaceae

1

1

Apocynaceae

3

2

Asclepiadaceae

2

2

Asparagaceae

2

2

Asphodelaceae

1

1

Aspleniaceae

1

0

Asteraceae

12

4

Canellaceae

1

1

Capparidaceae

2

1

Combretaceae

1

1

Commelinaceae

3

3

Commiphoraceae

1

0

Convolvulaceae

4

1

Crassulaceae

2

2

Cucurbitaceae

1

0

Cyperaceae

11

11

Dryopteridaceae

3

2

Ebenaceae

1

1

Euphorbiaceae

7

5

Fabaceae

9

6

Hyacinthaceae

1

1

Hypoxidaceae

1

1

Lamiaceae

6

3

Liliaceae

1

1

Loranthaceae

2

2

Malvaceae

3

3

Meliaceaea

1

0

Menispermaceae

1

1

Mimosaceae

3

3

Moraceae

1

0

Ochnaceae

1

1

Olacaceae

1

1

Oleaceae

1

1

Plumbaginaceae

1

1

Poaceae

12

12

Polygonaceae

1

1

Rhamnaceae

1

0

Rubiaceae

4

3

Rutaceae

3

3

Santalaceae

1

1

Sapindaceae

3

1

Scrophulariaceae

3

2

Solanaceae

1

1

Sterculiaceae

1

1

Tiliaceae

4

4

Verbenaceae

1

1

Vitaceae

2

2

Unidentified (indet.)

6

5