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Table 3 Plant use consensus and species with high therapeutic potential

From: Ethnobotanical characterization of medicinal plants used in Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo-Central Province in DR Congo

Diseases

ICF

Species with therapeutic potential

Amoebiasis

0.43

Allium sativum L.

Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Anemia

0.1

Ochna afzelii R.Br. ex Oliv.

Hookworm

0.17

Allium cepa L.

Allium sativum L.

Piper nigrum L.

Asthma

0.09

Imperata cylindrica (L.) P.Beauv

Dental caries

0.14

Datura stramonium L.

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Headache

0.18

Brillantaisia ​​patula T. Anderson

Ocimum gratissimum L.

Diabetes

0.05

Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench

Chest or intercostal pain

0.1

Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne

Premature ejaculation

0.14

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Elephantiasis and yellowing of the hair

0,17

Strychnos pungens Soler.

Epilepsy

0.19

Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.

Allium cepa L.

Garcinia kola Heckel

Lippia multiflora Moldenke

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Itchy skin rash

0.42

Brillantaisia patula T. Anderson

Clerodendrum formicarum GĂ¼rke

Commelina africana L.

Mondia whitei (Hook. f.) Skeels

Nymphaea lotus L.

Sexual weakness or impotence

0.32

Mondia whitei (Hook. f.) Skeels

Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Semble.

Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G.Taylor

Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. Subsp.

Hymenocardia acida Tul.

Coffea sp.

Dioscorea smilacifolia De Wild. &T.Durand

Madness

0.07

Brillantaisia patula T. Anderson

Chronic scabies with itching and stench

0.1

Gossypium barbadense L.

Gastritis

0.14

Allium cepa L.

Brillantaisia ​​patula T. Anderson

Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f.

Jatropha curcas L.

Hemorrhoids

0.44

Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.

Capsicum frutescens L.

Mangifera indica L.

Monodora angolensis T. Anderson

Piper nigrum L.

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Hernia

0.2

Desmodium mauritianum (Willd.) DC.

Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. Subsp.

Hallea stipulosa (DC.) J.-F.Leroy

Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon

Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E. A. Bruce

Sarcocephalus pobeguinii Pobeg.

Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst.

Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.

Laryngitis

0.27

Bridelia ferruginea Benth.

Kalaharia uncinata (Schinz) Moldenke

Musanga cecropioides R. Br.

Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon

Malaria

0.17

Artemisia annua L.

Mastitis

0.05

Momordica charantia L.

Microfilariate

0.1

Momordica charantia L.

Migraine

0.15

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne

Ocimum minimum L.

Sciatic neuralgia

0.15

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Ocimum gratissimum L.

Otitis

0.25

Ocimum gratissimum L.

Poliomyelitis

0.36

Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

Cyperus articulatus L.

Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen.

Prostate

0.13

Zea mays L.

Splenomegaly

0.29

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne

Rheumatism

0.25

Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.

Capsicum frutescen L.

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Musa x paradisiaca L.

Ocimum gratissimum L.

Securidaca longipedunculata Fresen.

Cough

0.2

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K. D. Hill & L. A. S. Johnson

Lantana camara L.

Intestinal parasitosis

0.33

Zingiber officinale Roscoe