Medicinal plants used in managing diseases of the respiratory system among the Luo community: an appraisal of Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya

Mailu, James Kiamba; Nguta, Joseph Mwanzia; Mbaria, James Mucunu; Okumu, Mitchel Otieno

doi:10.1186/s13020-020-00374-2

Table 2 Plants used in managing diseases of the respiratory system among the Luo community of Kisumu East Sub County

From: Medicinal plants used in managing diseases of the respiratory system among the Luo community: an appraisal of Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya

Family	Scientific name	Local name	Voucher no.	Habit	Status	Part used	Condition managed	Mode of preparation	Route of administration	RFC
Acanthaceae	Acanthus polystachyus Delile	Not provided	JM2019/284/003	Shrub	Wild	Roots	Cough	Decoction	Oral	0.07
Asphodelaceae	Aloe kedongensis Reynolds	Ogaka	JM2019/194/030	Shrub	Wild	Leaves	Asthma, Pneumonia	Concoction	Oral	0.23
Amaryllidaceae	Allium sativum L.	Otungu	JM2019/194/031	Herb	Cultivated	Bulb	Allergies	Chewing or as a concoction	Oral	0.03
Anacardiaceae	Rhus natalensis Bernh.	Sagla	JM2019/194/021	Shrub	Wild	Roots	Asthma	Concoction	Oral	0.07
Apiaceae	Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst.	Nyaniang-liech	JM2019/118/006	Tree	Wild	Roots or stem bark	Pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.03
Apocynaceae	Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl	Ochuoga	JM2019/194/022	Shrub	Wild	Roots	Common cold, pneumonia, asthma	Decoction	Oral	0.67
Asteraceae	Artemisia annua L.	Nyumba	JM2019/269/001	Herb	Wild or cultivated	Leaves	Asthma	Decoction	Oral	0.03
	Microglossa pyrifolia (Lam.) Kuntze	Nyabung-odide	JM2019/194/006	Shrub	Wild	Leaves or roots	Cough	Maceration or as a concoction	Oral	0.07
	Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray	Mafua/maua	JM2019/194/012	Shrub	Wild	Stem bark or leaves	Asthma	Concoction	Oral	0.03
Bignoniaceae	Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.	Yago	JM2019/194/003	Tree	Wild or cultivated	Fruit or stem bark	Pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.3
Burseraceae	Commiphora africana (A.Rich.) Engl.	Arupiny	JM2019/194/007	Tree	Wild	Roots	Pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.17
Canellaceae	Warburgia salutaris (G.Bertol) Chiov	Abaki	JM2019/244/001	Tree	Wild or cultivated	Stem bark	Asthma, allergy, chest pain, pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.47
Caricaceae	Carica papaya L.	Apoyo	JM2019/269/002	Tree	Cultivated	Roots or leaves	Bronchitis	Decoction	Oral	0.07
Combretaceae	Terminalia brownii Fresen	Minera/Manera	JM2019/058/016	Tree	Wild or cultivated	Stem bark	Asthma, pneumonia, common cold	Decoction	Oral	0.2
Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea kituiensis Var	Obinju	JM2019/194/028	Shrub	Wild	Leaves	Cough	Decoction	Oral	0.03
Ebenaceae	Euclea divinorum Hiern.	Ochol	JM2019/194/023	Shrub	Wild	Roots	Pneumonia, asthma	Decoction	Oral	0.73
Euphorbiaceae	Croton megalocarpus Del.	Ofunja muri	JM2019/194/015	Tree	Wild	Leaves	Pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.17
	Croton dichogamous Pax	Rachar	JM2019/178/001	Tree	Wild	Roots	Asthma	Decoction	Oral	0.1
Hypericaceae	Harungana madagascariensis Lam. Ex Poir	Aremo	JM2019/058/005	Tree	Wild	Leaves	Cough	Decoction	Oral	0.2
Iridaceae	Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel	Obuya	JM2019/284/001	Corm	Wild	Corm	Asthma, allergy	Powdered	Inhalation	0.1
Lamiaceae	Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br.ex Vatke	Okwerogweno/sangla	JM2019/058/021	Shrub	Wild	Roots or leaves	Pneumonia, asthma	Decoction	Oral	0.17
	Plectranthus barbatus Andr.	Okita	JM2019/058/009	Shrub	Wild	Leaves	Asthma, pneumonia, allergy	Decoction	Oral	0.33
	Vitex doniana Sweet	Kalemba	JM2019/194/009	Tree	Wild	Leaves or stem bark	Allergies, common cold	Decoction	Oral	0.03
Leguminosae	Acacia robusta Burch.	Otiep	JM2019/214/001	Tree	Wild	Stem bark or root bark	Bronchial obstruction	Concoction	Oral	0.03
	Albizia zygia (DC.) J.J.Macbr.	Oturbam	JM2019/224/002	Tree	Wild	Stem bark	Pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.1
	Rhynchosia elegans var. elegans	Jandarusi/Jandalusi	JM2019/284/002	Herb	Wild	Root tubers	Cough	Concoction	Oral	0.03
	Tamarindus indica L.	Chwaa	JM2019/194/018	Tree	Wild or cultivated	Fruit or stem bark	Cough, general body malaise	Decoction	Oral	0.03
	Tylosema fassoglense (Kotschy ex Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc.	Ombasa	JM2019/194/016	Climber	Wild	Roots	Flu, pneumonia, asthma	Decoction	Oral	0.67
Meliaceae	Azadirachta indica (L) Burm.	Mwarubaine	JM2019/269/003	Tree	Wild or cultivated	Leaves	Cough	Decoction	Oral	0.3
	Khaya senegalensis Desr. A. Juss	Tido	JM2019/194/019	Tree	Wild	Stem bark	Common cold, cough	Decoction	Oral	0.47
Molluginaceae	Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.	Ataro	JM2019/138/001	Herb	Wild	Leaves	Cough	Chewed or as a decoction	Oral	0.03
Moringaceae	Moringa oleifera Lam.		JM2019/269/004	Tree	Cultivated	Leaves	General body malaise	Decoction	Oral	0.13
Myrtaceae	Eucalptus camaldulensis Dehnh	Bao	JM2019/269/005	Tree	Wild or cultivated	Leaves	Common cold	Decoction	Oral	0.33
	Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels.	Jamna	JM2019/194/008	Shrub	Wild	Stem bark	Cough	Concoction	Oral	0.03
Olacaceae	Ximenia americana L.	Olemo	JM2019/269/006	Shrub	Wild	Roots or stem bark	Cough	Concoction	Oral	0.07
Ranunculaceae	Clematis hirsuta Guill. & Perr	Achogo	JM2019/269/007	Climber	Wild	Leaves	Common cold	Decoction	Oral	0.1
Rubiaceae	Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn.	Rayudhi	JM2019/194/014	Shrub	Wild	Roots	Cough, Pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.13
	Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson	Atego	JM2019/264/001	Shrub	Wild	Root bark	Asthma, pneumonia, coughing, allergy	Powdered	Inhalation	0.2
Rutaceae	Harrisonia abyssinica Oliv.	Pedo	JM2019/194/001	Shrub	Wild	Roots	Cough, pneumonia, asthma	Decoction	Oral	0.6
	Teclea nobilis Del.	Madat midat	JM2019/194/024	Tree	Wild	Roots or leaves	Asthma, common cold	Decoction	Oral	0.2
	Toddalia asiatica L.	Ajua Nyalwet-kwach	JM2019/194/017	Shrub	Wild	Leaves or roots	Common cold, pneumonia, throat infection	Concoction	Oral	0.33
	Zanthoxylum chalybeum (Eng) Engl.	Roko	JM2019/269/008	Tree	Wild	Stem bark or root bark	Pneumonia	Decoction	Oral	0.03
	Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P.G Waterman	Sogo-maitha	JM2019/224/001	Tree	Wild or cultivated	Stem bark	Asthma, pneumonia, coughing, General body malaise	Decoction	Oral	0.5
Vitaceae	Cissus rotundifolia (Forssk.) Vahl	Minya/katera	JM2019/194/026	Climber	Wild	Leaves	Throat infection, pneumonia, coughing	Decoction	Oral	0.2
	Rhoicissus revoilii Planch	Rabong’o	JM2019/269/009	Shrub	Wild	Root tubers	General body malaise	Decoction	Oral	0.17

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