Table 2.

Plants from Nigeria with activity against African trypanosomes.

Family	Species	Traditional Uses	Plant Part	Ref.
Capparaceae	Crateva adansonii	stomach troubles, syphilis, jaundice and yellow fevers	L	[62]
	Buchholzia coriacea	feverish, malaria	SD	[64]
Celastraceae	Maytenus laevis	anti-inflammatory, analgesic	R	[67]
Clusiaceae	Garcinia kola	purgative, antiparasitic, antimicrobial	SD	[68]
Combretaceae	Anogeissus leiocarpus	trypanosomiasis, babesiosis	R, SB	[69]
	Terminalia avicennioides	cancer, fungal, bacterial infections	B	[70]
	Terminalia superba	furniture making and musical instrument	B	[44]
Cucurbitaceae	Mormordica balsamina	used to treat wound	WP	[48]
Ebenaceae	Diospyros mespiliformis	styptic to staunch bleeding, leprosy	L	[39]
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia poisonii	latex used as pesticides	B	[43]
	Alchornea cordifolia	eye treatment, venereal diseases	S	[43]

R = root, RB = root bark, SB = stem bark, L = leaves, S = stem, WP = whole plant, Re = rhizome, B = bark, SD = seed.