Table 2.
Plant species used per district to treat sexually transmitted infections
| Family | Species name | Vernacular name | Capricorn district |
Seklmkhune district |
Waterberg district |
| Amaranthsceae |
Alternathera pungens Kunth |
Motsweetswe | 1 (1) | ||
| Apocynaceae |
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don |
Lepolomo le le pinki la drop |
1 (9) | 1 (10) | 1 (9) |
| Cactaceae |
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. |
Motloro | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Caricaceae | Carica papaya L. | Mophopho “wapoo” | 1 (1) | ||
| Cucurbitaceae |
Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. leptodermis |
Magapyana | 5 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Cucurbitaceae |
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai |
Morotse | 2 (1) | ||
| Fabaceae |
Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston. |
Mokgabane | 1 (1) | ||
| Lauraceae |
Cinnamomum verum J. Presl. |
Unknown | 2 (1) | ||
| Solanaceae |
Solanum panduriforme E. Mey. |
Thola ye serolwane | 1 (2) | ||
| Zygophyllaceae | Tribulus terrestris L. | Mosehlo | 3 (1) |
1 (gonorrhoea); 2 (HIV/AIDS); 3 (Chlamydia); 4 (nta); 5 (Syphilis); Bracketed numbers (number of healers who use the species to treat STI).