Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used as insects repellents in six malaria endemic localities of Cameroon

Youmsi, Roger Ducos Fokouo; Fokou, Patrick Valère Tsouh; Menkem, Elisabeth Zeuko’o; Bakarnga-Via, Issakou; Keumoe, Rodrigue; Nana, Victor; Boyom, Fabrice Fekam

doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0155-x

Table 2 Plants commonly used to repel insects in six Cameroonian local communities

From: Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used as insects repellents in six malaria endemic localities of Cameroon

Plant family	Species	Specimen number	Vernacular name	Origin	Botany	Part used	Mode of Preparation	Mode of administration
Annonaceae	Greenwayodendron suaveolens Engl. & Diels	1879 HNC	Mpolè (Bakola, Bagyeli)	Wild	Tree	Bark	Smash fresh bark	Skin application
Arecaceae	Elaeis guineensis Jacq.	34163 HNC	Lélendé (Bakola); Mimbang malendé (Bagyeli); Alen (Ewondo); Zam-na-malendé (Ngumba)	Cultivated	Tree	Flower	1. Burn dry flowers 2. Burn dry flowers + fresh leaves of C. odorata. 3. Burn dry flowers + leaves of S. officinarum + suspended termitarium	Smokes
Burseraceae	Canarium schweinfurtii Engl.	16929 SFR/CAM	Bélè (Ngumba); Ottou (Ewondo); Bologa (Baka); Beul (Bakoum); Waate (Yambeta)	Wild	Tree	Sap	Burn dry or fresh sap/mix ash with body milk/lotion.	Smokes/skin application of resulting potion
Compositae	Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.	57408 HNC	Gomgom (Ngumba)	Wild	Herb	Leaf and whole plant	1. Burn whole plant 2. Burn fresh leaves + dry flowers of E. guineensis.	Smokes
Lamiaceae	Ocimum gratissimum L.	5817SFR/Cam	Massissip (Ngumba)	Cultivated	Herb	Leaf	Smash leaves	Skin application
Lamiaceae	Premna angolensis Gürke		Kinoubeunoubeu (Bafia)	Wild	Shrub	Leaf	Hang fresh leaves	Hang inside the house
Leguminosae	Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms	21574 SRF/Cam	Okan; Adoum (Ewondo)	Wild	Tree	Bark	Burn dry bark + dry flowers of E. guineensis	Smokes
Leguminosae	Erythrophleum ivorense A.Chev.	45333 HNC	Mbamda (Bafia)	Wild	Tree	Bark	Burn fresh bark	Smokes
Musaceae	Musa ^x paradisiaca L.	42391 HNC	Ekouan (Ewondo)	Cultivated	Tree	Leaf	Burn dry leaves + flowers of E. guineensis	Smokes
Musaceae	Musa sp.		Odué (Ewondo)	Cultivated	Tree	Leaf	Burn dry leaves + flowers of E. guineensis	Smokes
Piperaceae	Piper umbellatum L.	42274 HNC	Ndembèlembè (Baka)	Wild	Shrub	Leaf	Smashed fresh leaves	Skin application
Poaceae	Saccharum officinarum L.	25820 SRF/Cam	Nkogo’o (Bakola)	Cultivated	Shrub	Leaf	Burn fresh leaves + dry flowers of E. guineensis + suspended termitarium	Smokes
Poaceae	Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle		Citronella grass (English)	Cultivated	Herb	Whole	1. Hang whole plant 2. Distillate whole plant for essential oil	Hang/spray oil inside the house
Rutaceae	Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck		Nyopiang (Ngumba)	Cultivated	Tree	Fruit	Pressed fruit for juice.	Skin application
Siparunaceae	Glossocalyx longicuspis Benth.	46245 HNC	Anyanzoa (Ngumba)	Wild	Shrub	Leaf	Hang/Crumple fresh leaves	Hang/spread inside the house.
Zingiberaceae	Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K. Schum.	34888 HNC	Ndjii (Baka)	Wild	Shrub	Leaf	Smash fresh leaves	Apply on skin

Information on medicinal plants uses was collected through visiting the field with informants, presenting plants specimens, and/or checklist interviews on medicinal plants used to repel insects, including mosquitoes. The plant parts used as well as the modes of preparation and administration were recorded

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