TABLE 1.
Overview of literature documenting the use of medicinal plants for managing and treating pain and inflammatory-related conditions in South Africa.
| Author(s) | Province | Title/focus of the study | Number of plants | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold and Gulumian (1984) | Limpopo | Pharmacopoeia of traditional medicine in Venda | 53 |
| 2 | Bhat and Jacobs (1995) | Eastern Cape | Inventory of traditional herbal medicine in Transkei | 14 |
| 3 | Bhat (2013) | Eastern Cape | Plants of Xhosa people in the Transkei region | 6 |
| 4 | Bhat (2014) | Eastern Cape | Medicinal plants and traditional practices of Xhosa people in the Transkei region of Eastern Cape | 13 |
| 5 | Bruce (1975) | No restriction | Medicinal properties of aloe | 1 |
| 6 | Bryant (1966) | KwaZulu-Natal | Zulu medicine and medicine-men | 9 |
| 7 | Coopoosamy and Naidoo (2012) | KwaZulu-Natal | An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Durban | 6 |
| 8 | Corrigan et al. (2011) | KwaZulu-Natal | Ethnobotanical plant uses in the KwaNibela Peninsula of southern Maputaland, St Lucia | 9 |
| 9 | Cumes et al. (2009) | No restriction | Healing trees and plants of the Lowveld | 1 |
| 10 | De Beer and Van Wyk (2011) | Northern Cape | An ethnobotanical survey of the Agter-Hantam | 38 |
| 11 | Forbes (1986) | Western Cape | Traveller’s account of local floras | 1 |
| 12 | Gebashe et al. (2019) | KwaZulu-Natal | Ethnobotanical survey for medicinal grasses in KwaZulu-Natal Province | 1 |
| 13 | Gerstner (1941) | KwaZulu-Natal | A preliminary checklist of Zulu names of plants | 9 |
| 14 | Hulme (1954) | KwaZulu-Natal | Inventory of wild flowers of Natal | 5 |
| 15 | Hulley and Van Wyk (2019) | Western Cape | Quantitative medicinal ethnobotany of Kannaland (western Little Karoo) | 107 |
| 16 | Hutchings et al. (1996) | KwaZulu-Natal | Ethnobotanical book on Zulu Medicinal plants | 57 |
| 17 | Mabogo (1990) | Limpopo | An inventory of plants used by the Vhavenda | 11 |
| 18 | Mahwasane et al. (2013) | Limpopo | Ethnobotanical survey on plants for treating various human ailments by the traditional healers of the Lwamondo area | 6 |
| 19 | Maroyi (2017) | Eastern Cape | Useful plant species recorded in the Eastern Cape Province | 18 |
| 20 | Mbanjwa (2020) | KwaZulu-Natal | A quantitative ethnobotanical survey of the Ixopo area | 47 |
| 21 | Mhlongo and Van Wyk (2019) | KwaZulu-Natal | An ethnobotanical survey at Amandawe | 123 |
| 22 | Mintsa Mi Nzue (2009) | Western Cape | Use and conservation status of medicinal plants in the Cape Peninsula | 27 |
| 23 | Mogale et al. (2019) | Limpopo | Ethnobotany of Sekhukhuneland and the plants used by rural Bapedi people | 14 |
| 24 | Mokganya and Tshisikhawe (2019) | Limpopo | Medicinal value of wild vegetables consumed by local people of Vhembe District Municipality | 4 |
| 25 | Mongalo and Makhafola (2018) | Limpopo | Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province | 17 |
| 26 | Nortje and Van Wyk (2015) | Northern Cape | An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of the Kamiesberg area (an important Khoisan and Nama cultural center) | 49 |
| 27 | Palmer and Pitman (1961) | No restriction | An inventory of trees of South Africa | 5 |
| 28 | Philander (2011) | Western Cape | Ethnobotany of Western Cape Rasta bush medicine | 49 |
| 29 | Polori et al. (2018) | Free State | Ethnomedical botany and some biological activities of Ipomoea oblongata | 1 |
| 30 | Pooley (1993) | KwaZulu-Natal | Inventory on the trees of Natal, Zululand, and Transkei | 6 |
| 31 | Pujol (1990) | No restriction | An account of the herbalist medicine | 17 |
| 32 | Shai et al. (2020) | Mpumalanga | An ethnobotanical survey for locally sourced fruits among the Mapulana people | 4 |
| 33 | Thring and Weitz (2006) | Western Cape | Medicinal plant use in the Bredasdorp/Elim region of the southern Overberg | 15 |
| 34 | Tshikalange et al. (2016) | Mpumalanga | An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in villages under Jongilanga tribal council | 13 |
| 35 | Van Wyk and Gericke (2000) | No restriction | Inventory on useful plants of Southern Africa | 8 |
| 36 | Van Wyk et al. (1997) | No restriction | Inventory on medicinal plants of South Africa | 3 |
| 37 | Van Wyk et al. (2008) | Eastern Cape and Western Cape | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the southeastern Karoo | 36 |
| 38 | Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962) | No restriction | Inventory on the medicinal and poisonous plants of Southern and Eastern Africa | 69 |