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Table 1 Medicinal species used for more than six illnesses systems according to Pérez-Nicolás et al. [32] and WHO classification [51]

From: Actualized inventory of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Oaxaca, Mexico

Plant species

Who illness system and

Ethnic groups

Risk status

Reference

Calea urticifolia (Mill.) DC.

CS, ENM, DS, NS, SST, IPD

Mes, Mix, Mxt, Tri

 

46(JF102), [4, 15, 16, 32, 55]

Citrus aurantium L.

DS, ENM, GUS, IPD, NS, PCP, RS, SST

Chi, Cho, Maz, Mix, Mes, Zap, Zoq

 

[13,14,15, 24, 25, 30,31,32, 42, 56]

Equisetum myriochaetum Schltdl. & Cham.

CBS, DS, ENM, GUS, MSS, IP

Cui, Maz, Mes, Mix, Nah, Zap, Zoq

 

46(JF102), [31, 32]

Justicia spicigera Schltdl.

CBS, CS, DS, ENM, GUS, NCC

Chi, Mes, Mxt, Tri, Zap, Zoq

 

[4, 13, 31, 34, 55]

Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson

CBS, DS, GUS, NS, PCP, RS

Chi, Maz, Mes, Mix, Mxt, Tri, Zap

 

[4, 14, 16, 24, 25, 32, 42, 55]

Liquidambar styraciflua L.

CBS, DS, IP, IPD, MSS, RS

Chi, Cui, Maz, Mes, Mix, Zap, Zoq

LC / -

46(JF102),[13, 31, 32, 57]

Matricaria chamomilla L.

DS, GUS, NS, PCP, RS, CBS

Chi, Cho, Mes, Zap

LC / -

[14, 20, 25, 32, 56, 58]

Mimosa albida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

CBS, MBD, NS, GUS, MSS, PCP

Chi, Cui, Maz, Mes, Mix, Mxt, Zap

LC / -

46(JF102), [14, 25, 27, 34, 55]

Ocimum basilicum L.

CBS, DS, GUS, MSS, NS, IPD

Mes, Miz, Mxt, Tri, Zap

 

[4, 15, 20, 25, 28, 32, 55]

Ocimum campechianum Mill.

CBS, ENM, IP, IPD, MSS, NCC, SST

Chi, Mes, Mix, Zap

 

46(JF102), [13, 15, 32, 55]

Piper auritum Kunth

CBS, DS, IP, GUS, IPD, SST

Chi, Cui, Maz, Mes, Mix, Mxt, Nah, Tri, Zap, Zoq

 

46(JF102) [4, 13,14,15, 20, 22, 30,31,32, 34, 55]

Sambucus nigra L.

CBS, IPD, MSS, NS, RS, SST

Cui, Maz, Mix, Nah

LC / -

46(JF102), [27]

Solanum torvum Sw.

DS, GUS, MSS, SST, CBS, NS

Mix, Zap, Zoq

 

[15, 20, 31, 55]

Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth

CBS, ENM, DS, SST, IPD, PCP

Cho, Ixc, Mes, Mix, Mxt, Zap, Zoq

LC / -

[15, 25, 31, 33, 55, 56, 59, 60]

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray

DS, ENM, GUS, IP, MSS, IPD, SST

Chi, Mes, Mix, Mxt, Tri, Zap, Zoq

 

46(JF102), [4, 15, 20, 22, 30,31,32, 34, 55]

Tournefortia hirsutissima L.

DS, ENM, IPD, MSS, RS, SST

Zap

 

46(JF102), [34]