Table 2.

Medicinal plants cited

Province	Plant Scientific Name	Family Name	Plant vernacular name	Cancers treated	Plant part(s) used	Other uses
Harare	Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst	Apiaceae	Musvodzambudzi	Breast, skin and blood	Bark, roots	Period pain, hypertension
	Cannabis sativa L.	Cannabaceae	Mbanje	All cancer types	Leaves, whole plant	Nausea, pain
Mashonaland	Kigelia africana Lam.	Bignoniaceae	Mubveve, Musonya	Blood, skin cancers	Bark, fruit, root, seeds	Malnutrition, diabetes,
Central			Muvhumati			antihelmintic
	Asparagus africanus Lam.	Asparagaceae	Rukato	Skin, prostate	Roots, leaves	Malaria, wounds
	Cannabis sativa L.	Cannabaceae	Mbanje	All cancers	Whole plant	Pain, chasing of evil spirits
Mashonaland	Ricinus communis L.	Euphorbiaceae	Mupfuta	Colon, blood	Roots, leaves, bark	Chest pain, stomach-ache,
East						constipation
	Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst	Apiaceae	Musvodzambudzi	All cancers	Bark, young leaves	STIs, infections
	Bulbinella floribunda (Thunb.)	Asphodelaceae	Chidzinganyoka	Breast, prostate, colon	Roots	Infections
	T. Durand &Schinz.
	Heteromorpha trifoliata (Wendl.)	Apiaceae	Mhingano, imfenkulu	Skin, blood	Leaves, bark, roots	Aphrodisiac, asthma, infertility,
	Eckl. & Zeyh.					chest & back pain, anthelmintic fungal infections
Mashonaland	Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst.	Apiaceae	Musvodzambudzi	Skin cancer	Stem bark	Eye sores, STIs
West	Duranta erecta L.	Verbenaceae		All cancer types	Leaves, roots, bark, Fruits	Pain, infections (fungal & bacterial)
Masvingo	Solanum incanum L.	Solanaceae	Nhundurwa	Skin, breast & blood cancers.	Fruits, roots, leaves	Sore eyes, snake bites, ulcers, toothache.
	Moringa oleifera Lam.	Moringaceae	Moringa	All cancer types	Leaves, roots, seeds	Malnutrition, diabetes, antimicrobial
Manicaland	Solanum incanum L.	Solanaceae	Nhundurwa	Skin and blood cancers	Fruits, leaves, roots	Wounds, snake bites
	Ximenia caffra Sond.	Ximeniaceae	Munhengeni, mutsvanzva, Umthunduluka	All cancer types	Roots, fruits, seeds	Antimicrobial, STIs, malnutrition, aphrodisiac
	Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.	Bignoniaceae	Mubveve	Breast, prostate & skin cancers.	Fruits, leaves, bark	Eczema, toothache, pain, diarrhoea, diabetes, skin infections.
	Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax [Agg].	Phyllanthaceae	Mutsonzwa, mukuvazviyo	Eye and skin cancers	Leaves	Skin rashes and infections
Matebeleland	Hypoxis hemerocallidea	Hypoxidaceae		Blood cancers	Corms	Diabetes
North	(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Heteromorpha trifoliata (Wendl.)	Apiaceae	Mhingano, imfenkulu	Lung, prostate, breast,	Leaves, bark, roots	Infections, pain, immune system booster,
	Eckl. & Zeyh.			skin cancers		respiratory ailments.
	Prunus persica (L.)Batsch	Rosaceae	Mupichisi	Skin cancer	Seeds, stem bark	Antimicrobial
	Cannabis sativa L.	Cannabaceae	Imbanje, mbanje	All cancer types	Leaves, seeds	Endurance, analgesic
Matebeleland	Burkea africana Hook.	Fabaceae	Umnondo, mukarati	Blood, colon cancers	Roots	Infections, abdominal pain
South	Lantana rugosa (camara) Thunb.	Verbenaceae	Ubuhobe, mubanda	Blood, skin cancers	Leaves, roots	Asthma, chest pain, ulcers, skin itchiness, growth enhancement in children
Bulawayo	Hibiscus sabdariffa L.	Malvaceae		All cancer types	Calyces	Malnutrition, infections
	Cannabis sativa L.	Cannabaceae	Imbanje, mbanje	All cancer types	Leaves, seeds	Vomiting, pain, epilepsy
	Bulbinella floribunda (Thunb.) T. Durand &Schinz.	Asphodelaceae	Chidzinganyoka	Colon, skin, breast cancers.	Leaves	Snake repellent
	Heteromorpha trifoliata (Wendl.) Eckl. & Zeyh.	Apiaceae	Mhingano, imfenkulu	Breast, blood cancers	Roots, leaves	Antimicrobial
Midlands	Sutherlandia frutescens(L.)R.Br.	Fabaceae		All cancer types	Shoots	Diabetes, fever, analgesia, colds & flu, haemorrhoids
	Burkea africana Hook.	Fabaceae	Mukarati, umnondo	Blood, prostate cancers	Roots, stem bark	Immune system booster, anti- inflammatory
	Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax [Agg].	Phyllanthaceae	Mutsonzwa, mukurazviyo	All cancer types	Leaves	Antimicrobial