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Table 2 Distribution by category of disease

From: Ethnobotanical survey in Canhane village, district of Massingir, Mozambique: medicinal plants and traditional knowledge

Analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic

Adansonia digitata, Cissus quadrangularis, Crinum stuhlmannii, Dichrostachys cinerea, Elephantorrhiza elephantina, Grewia monticola, Gymnosporia heterophylla, Sansevieria hyacinthoides, Strychnos madagascariensis, Tinospora caffra, Zanthoxylum humile

Anemia

Elephantorrhiza elephantina, Lannea schweinfurthii, Sclerocarya birrea

Antialergic

Loeseneriella crenata

Antidote

Cissus quadrangularis

Appendicitis

Cucumis metuliflerus

Bleeding

Colophospermum mopane

Burns

Cissus cornifolia, Spirostachys africana, Terminalia sericea, Zanthoxylum humile

Cough

Ansellia africana, Blepharis diversispina, Cissus quadrangularis, Guibourtia conjugata

Debility and malnutrition

Gossypium herbaceum, Hibiscus meyeri, Loeseneriella crenata, Spirostachys africana

Dentistry

Aloe marlothii, Boscia albitrunca, Combretum imberbe, Dalbergia melanoxylon, Euclea racemosa, Flueggea virosa, Manilkara mochisia, Zanthoxylum humile

Deworming

Secamone parvifolia

Ear diseases

Cissus quadrangularis, Gossypium herbaceum, Grewia monticola, Manilkara mochisia, Spirostachys africana

Epilepsy

Loeseneriella crenata, Sansevieria hyacinthoides, Secamone parvifolia, Tinospora caffra

Eye diseases

Aloe zebrina, Cassia abbreviata, Sarcostemma viminale, Spirostachys africana

Ginecology

Cynodon dactylon, Grewia hexamita, Maerua edulis, Sansevieria hyacinthoides, Trichilia emetica, Ximenia americana

Heart

Gymnosporia heterophylla, Hibiscus meyeri, Ximenia americana

Hemorrhoids

Acalypha indica, Blepharis diversispina, Boscia albitrunca, Sansevieria hyacinthoides, Sclerocarya birrea

HIV-SIDA

Ximenia americana

Internal clots

Gymnosporia heterophylla

Kidney disorders

Boscia foetida

Liver disorders

Aloe marlothii, Aloe zebrina

Malaria

Aloe marlothii, Balanites maughamii, Cassia abbreviata, Lannea schweinfurthii

Non-identified diseases

Androstachys johnsonii

Paralysis and other children diseases

Tinospora caffra

Ringworm

Ficus sycomorus

Skeletal structure

Dichrostachys cinerea

Stomach and intestine disorders

Acalypha indica, Adansonia digitata, Asparagus africanus, Boscia albitrunca, Boscia foetida, Cassia abbreviata, Colophospermum mopane, Combretum imberbe, Cucumis metuliflerus, Cucumis zeyheri, Dichrostachys cinerea, Hermannia micropetala, Gardenia volkensii, Grewia flavescens, Grewia monticola, Guibourtia conjugata, Gossypium herbaceum, Lannea schweinfurthii, Loeseneriella crenata, Maerua edulis, Maerua parvifolia, Ptaeroxylon obliquum, Sarcostemma viminale, Secamone parvifolia, Sclerocarya birrea, Terminalia sericea, Tinospora caffra, Trichilia emetica, Ximenia americana

Varicose veins

Secamone parvifolia

Wounds

Aloe marlothii, Aloe zebrina, Blepharis diversispina, Cissus cornifolia, Cissus quadrangularis, Euclea racemosa, Grewia monticola, Olax dissitiflora, Spirostachys africana, Terminalia sericea, Ximenia americana, Zanthoxylum humile

  1. Distribution of the 53 medicinal plant species within different disease categories (Canhane, 2007-2008).