Table 1.

Classification of medicinal plants.

	Family	Species
		No	Members
1.	FABACEAE	5	Albizia gummifera, Dichrostachys cinerea, Erythrina senegalensis, Senegalia senegal, Vachellia nilotica
2.	SOLANACEAE	4	Physalis peruviana, Solanum arundo, Solanum incanum, Solanum mauense
3.	AMARANTHACEAE	2	Achyranthes aspera, Aerva javanica
4.	APOCYNACEAE	2	Acokanthera schimperi, Carissa edulis
5.	BURSERACEAE	2	Commiphora africana, Ficus sycomorus
6.	CELASTRACEAE	2	Elaeodendron buchananii, Mystroxylon aethiopicum
7.	EUPHORBIACEAE	2	Clutia abyssinica, Croton dichogamous
8.	MALVACEAE	2	Grewia bicolor, Sida cuneifolia
9.	RHAMNACEAE	2	Rhamnus prinoides, Ziziphus mucronata
10.	RUBIACEAE	2	Galium aparinoides, Pavetta subcana
11.	RUTACEAE	2	Teclea nobilis, Toddalia asiatica
12.	APIACEAE	1	Anthriscus sylvestris
13.	ASPARAGACEAE	1	Asparagus africanus
14.	ASTERACEAE	1	Acmella calirhiza
15.	BIGNONIACEAE	1	Kigelia africana
16.	BORAGINACEAE	1	Cordia monoica
17.	CANELACEAE	1	Warburgia ugandensis
18.	CAPPARIDACEAE	1	Boscia angustifolia
19.	COLCHICACEAE	1	Gloriosa superba
20.	COMMELINACEAE	1	Aneilema equinoctiale
21.	CRASSULACEAE	1	Kalanchoe crenata
22.	CUCURBITACEAE	1	Momordica friesiorum
23.	EBENACEAE	1	Diospyros abyssinica
24.	FLACOURTIACEAE	1	Dovyalis abyssinica
25.	LABIATAE	1	Leonotis mollissima
26.	OLEACEAE	1	Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
27.	PRIMULACEAE	1	MyrsineaAfricana
28.	ROSACEAE	1	Prunus africana
29.	SANTALACEAE	1	Osyris lanceolata
30.	SAPINDACEAE	1	Pappea capensis
31.	VITACEAE	1	Cissus fischeri
	Total	47