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Madagascar, Reunion,
Mauritius Nigeria, Burkina
Faso, Niger, Uganda
Gossypium spp. (Cotton) – A
B+++
Congo, Sierra Leone, DRC,
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali,
W. Africa, South and East
Africa, Guinea Conakry (Fouta-
Djallon)
Medicine, Fiber
Medicine, Fiber
Poaceae (Graminae)
Cymbopogon citratus (D.C.) (Lemon
Grass/Fever Grass) - OW
Nigeria, Benin, Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, Ghana,
DRC, Angola, Ethiopia,
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali,
Cameroon, CAR, Tanzania,
Gabon, Uganda, Seychelles,
Mauritius, Madagascar
Medicine
Medicine
Oryza sativa L.
Oryza glaberrima steud (Rice) - A
Morocco, Congo, Sierra Leone,
Ehtiopia, DRC, Rwanda,
Madagascar, Mauritius,
Reunion, Guinea Conakry
(Fouta-Djallon), W. Africa
Medicine, Food
Food
Rubiaceae
Coffea Arabia L (Coffee) -A
Ethiopia, Congo, Rwanda,
Kenya, Burundi, DRC, Uganda,
Mauritius, Madagascar,
Reunion
Medicine, Food
Ritual
Food
Rutaceae
Citrus aurantifolia (Christmas) Single
(Lime) –OW
B+++
Morocco, Nigeria, Benin,
Congo, Togo, Comoros,
Uganda, Gabon, Madagascar,
Mali, Angola, Ethiopia, Sierra
Leone, Tanzania, Burkina Faso,
Mauritius, DRC, Senegal, Ivory
Coast, Cameroon, Kenya, Niger
Food, Medicine
Food, Medicine
Sapindaceae
Blighia sapida KD. Koenig - A
Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon,
São Tomé and Príncipe, Benin,
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sierra Leone and
Togo.
Medicine, Food
Poison
Food, Medicine
(Akee)
Cardiospermum halicacabum L - A
Benin, Togo, DRC, Mali,
Kenya,
Medicine,
Fodder, Food
Not Listed
S. Africa, Uganda, Burundi,
Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia,
Angola, Rwanda, Guinea
Conakry, Chad, Gabon,
Madagascar, Mauritius,
Ritual
-59- Traditional African Clinic August 2013