Table 1.

List of selected medicinal plant species employed in Colombian Caribbean Region to treat inflammatory related diseases including their ethno-pharmacological characteristics.

Scientific name	Local name	ethnopharmacological use	Part used	Mode of preparation/administration route	Reference
Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand. (Apocynaceae)	Algodón de seda	Headache Rheumatism	Roots Leaves	Exudate/Oral Cataplasm/Topic	Lal and Yadav (1983) Kumar Vijay et al. (2011)
Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron. (Pteridaceae)	Cola de caballo	Respiratory Conditions Diuretic and Cholelithiasic	Leaves	Infusion/Oral	Alviz et al. (2013) Beltrán Villanueva et al. (2013)
Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem, & Schult. (Boraginaceae)	Sauce sabanero	Bronchitis	Bark, Buds	Oil Decoction, Infusion/Oral	Waizel-Bucay (2005)
Croton malambo H.Karst. (Euphorbiaceae)	Croton	Rheumatism Pain Inflammation	Bark	Infusion/Oral	Salatino et al. (2007) Suárez et al. (2003)
Cryptostegia grandiflora Roxb. ex R.Br. (Apocynaceae)	Flor de muerto	Inflammation Infection	Leaves	Fresh plant in maceration/Cataplasm	Castro et al. (2014) Rivera et al. (2015)
Dracontium dubium Kunth (Araceae)	Chupadera	Snakebite Inflammation	Root	Poultice/Topic	Lévi-Strauss (1952)
Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don. ex Steud. (Moraceae)	Palomora	Inflammation Toothache Rheumatism	Bark	Latex Drops/Topic Decoction, /Oral	Beltrán Villanueva et al. (2013)
Merremia umbellata (L.) Hallier f. (Convolvulaceae)	Juan de Dios	Inflammation and Infections Antiulcer Rheumatism	Leaves Whole Plant	Decoction/Oral	Castro-Guerrero et al. (2013) Rivera et al. (2015)
Physalis angulata L. (Solanaceae)	Topo toropo	Inflammation and Infections Abdominal Cramps Asthma, Dermatitis, Rheumatism	Calyces Aerial Parts Whole Plant	Poultice/Topic Infusion/Oral Infusion/Oral	Rivera et al. (2015) Soares et al. (2003)
Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) Bertero ex A.DC. (Bignoniaceae)	Palo de rosa	Inflammation Fever	Bark Stem, Bark	Decoction/Oral	Gómez-Estrada et al. (2011)