Table 7 Comparison of the uses of all common species inventoried in Table 6 to worldwide uses

Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw.

Malaria

Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K. Schum.

Cough

Cough

Aphloia theiformis (Vahl) Benn.

Stomach-ache

Malaria

Malaria

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Diarrhea [43, 44]

Canarium L.

Diarrhea

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

Malaria

Stomach-ache

Stomach-ache

Malaria [45], diarrhea, dysentery [46], diarrhea [44]

Citrus aurantium L.

Stomach-ache

Cough

Cough, malaria

Cough

Diarrhea [44]

Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.

Cough

Malaria [47], dysentery [48]

Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don

Diarrhea, malaria, stomach-ache

Stomach-ache

Curcuma longa L.

Stomach-ache

Malaria

Malaria

Cough [49]

Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H. Rob.

Stomach-ache

Danais terminalis Boivin ex Drake

Diarrhea

Desmodium ramosissimum G. Don

Cough, diarrhea

Diarrhea

Elephantopus scaber L.

Diarrhea, stomach-ache

Diarrhea

Dysentery

Diarrhea, dysentery [43]

Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.

Cough

Bilharzia

Cough [50]

Exacum quinquenervium Griseb.

Diarrhea

Malaria

Ficus polita Vahl

Stomach-ache

Stomach-ache

Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir.

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Malaria [47, 51]

Kalanchoe prolifera (Bowie ex Hook.) Raym.-Hamet

Cough, malaria

Cough

Cough

Lantana camara L.

Diarrhea, stomach-ache

Malaria

Dysentery [43], cough [52], malaria [51]

Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Diarrhea, dysentery, stomach-ache

Diarrhea

Bilharzia, diarrhea

Lygodium lanceolatum Desv.

Stomach-ache

Diarrhea

Stomach-ache

Macaranga obovata Boivin ex Baill.

Diarrhea

Maesa lanceolata Forssk.

Diarrhea

Manihot esculenta Crantz

Diarrhea

Diarrhea [52]

Mauloutchia humblotii (H. Perrier) Capuron

Cough

Cough

Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.

Malaria, stomach-ache

Cough, diarrhea, malaria

Cough, diarrhea, malaria

Musa paradisiaca L.

Diarrhea, dysentery

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Diarrhea, dysentery [36, 53], diarrhea [54], malaria [47], cough, diarrhea [52]

Oxalis corniculata L.

Cough

Diarrhea, dysentery [36]

Paederia thouarsiana Baill.

Stomach-ache

Petchia erythrocarpa (Vatke) Leeuwenb.

Malaria

Malaria

Psidium cattleyanum Sabine

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

Psidium guajava L.

Diarrhea, dysentery

Diarrhea, dysentery, malaria

Diarrhea, dysentery

Cough, diarrhea, dysentery, malaria

Dysentery [36], diarrhea, dysentery [43, 53, 55], diarrhea [56, 57], cough, diarrhea [46], diarrhea, stomach-ache [50], dysentery, stomach-ache [52]

Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.

Diarrhea

Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn.

Stomach-ache

Cough, stomach-ache

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Bilharzia

Diarrhea [44]

Sorindeia madagascariensis DC.

Diarrhea, stomach-ache

Stomach-ache

Stomach-ache

Diarrhea

Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam.

Malaria, stomach-ache

Stomach-ache

Diarrhea [56], malaria [45, 51]

Zea mays L.

Stomach-ache

Cough