Table 2.

Medicinal plants used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and their associated risk factors in two or more sub-Saharan African countries.

Botanical Name	Family	English/ Common Name	Local Name	Plants’ Parts Used	Mode of Usage/ Preparation	Diseases Treated	Countries	References
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench	Malvaceae		Nefu	Fruit, Seed	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Okra pods, Bamia	Fruits		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
				Whole plant	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Abrus precatorius L.	Fabaceae	Rosary pea	Ojou ega, Azetonounkoun	Leaf	Trituration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Mudepu	Leaf	Decoction	Cardiovascular diseases	Gabon	[86]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Ghana	[178]
			Kyuma Kyamditi	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Idon zakara	Leaf, Seed	Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,128,178]
Acacia senegal (L.) Willd	Fabaceae		Gopealega	Stem bark	Decoction	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Al-Hashab	Fruit, Stem	Powder	Diabetes	Sudan	[156,160]
Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile	Fabaceae	Gum Arabica, Egyptian mimosa	Ghered	Seed, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
				Fruit		Diabetes	Ethiopia	[83]
			Ngiruriti	Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Bagaruwa	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Garad	Pod, Bark	Crushing	Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[156,158]
			Olkiroliti	Bark		Diabetes	Tanzania	[166]
Acalypha wilkesiana	Euphorbiaceae			Leaf		Diabetes	Mauritius	[131]
			Aworoso	Leaf	Decoction, Eat, Juice,	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[124,179]
Acanthospermum hispidum DC	Asteraceae		Ichakoro-oro, Godoko	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Ahlangovi	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Achyranthes aspera L.	Amaranthaceae			Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Isinama	Root		Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Adansonia digitata L.	Malvaceae	Baobab	Tweega	Flower	Decoction	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
						Diabetes	Cameroon	[59]
			Teydoum	Fruit	Powder	Hypertension	Mauritania	[112]
			Kuka	Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum.	Zingiberaceae	Alligator pepper	Ata, Atakoun	Fruit, Seed	Maceration, Decoction, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Ossame	Seed, Leaf		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Afzelia africana Pers.	Fabaceae			Bark, Root		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Welou			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Ageratum conyzoides L.	Asteraceae			Whole plant		Diabetes	Cameroon	[180]
				Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Kumba djuma	Leaf, Whole plant	Infusion, Juice	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Apaasa	Root		Heart attack	Nigeria	[34]
			Ganagbe	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Ajuga remota Benth.	Lamiaceae		Armagusa	Leaf	Decoction, Juice	Hypertension	Ethiopia	[77]
			Wanjiru waRurii	Whole plant, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Mull.Arg.	Euphorbiaceae	Christmas bush	Sadiodio, Aboe, Kip-togui	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, hypertension	Cote d’Ivoire	[181]
			Dumbundzen	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Agyamaa	Stem	Decoction	Diabetes	Ghana	[35]
			Ebahue, Mbom, Ipa, Eesin, Osokpo, Akowo, Uwanwe, Upia	Leaf, Stem Bark, Seed, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,181]
						Heart disease	Sierra Leone	[139]
			Avovlo	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Allium cepa L.	Amaryllidaceae	Onion	Mansa, Ayoman		Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
			Sasinsala	Bulb	Powder	Hypertension	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Tigneri, Ayan, Djanga, Agnosi	Bulb	Decoction	Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Hypertension	Cameroon	[59,60]
			Intunguru, Matungu, Lintuguru	Bulb	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension	DR Congo	[23,66,67]
			Shiguerti-keyih	Bulb		Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
						Hypertension	Ethiopia	[23]
			Nyonda	Bulb		Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Zoiyon / Oignon	Bulb	Decoction	Diabetes, High Cholesterol level	Mauritius	[113,182]
			Alubarha, Alubosa obe	Bulb	Juice	Hypertension	Nigeria	[23,34,123,125]
				Green top of sprout, root, bulb	Juice	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			Basal	Bulb		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
			Albassa			Hypertension	Togo	[23,170]
Allium sativum L.	Amaryllidaceae	Garlic	Ayo		Direct consumption, Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
			Laye	Bulb	Powder	Hypertension	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Ayang ntangan	Bulb, Rhizome	Decoction, Maceration	Cholesterol problem, Diabetes, Hypertension	Cameroon	[56,59,60]
			Itunguru sumu, Lintugunru sumo	Bulb	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	DR Congo	[23,67]
				Bulb	Tincture, Maceration	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Shiguerti-tsaeda	Bulb	Consumed raw or added in sauce	Diabetes, Hypertension	Eritrea	[23,72]
			Kulubi adi	Bulb	Powder	Diabetes, Hypertension	Ethiopia	[23,77]
			Ail	Bulb, Cloves	Decoction, Maceration	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Gabon	[86,87,88]
				Leaf, Bulb		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Caumu, Kitunguua kinene	Cloves, Bulb	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Kenya	[96,98]
						Hypertension	Madagascar	[23]
			L’ail	Bulb	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Mauritius	[23,113,182]
			Ayur, Tafarnuwa, Etebe owoinu	Bulb	Eat Fruit	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[23,123,125,128,132]
						Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Stroke, Weight reduction	Sierra Leone	[23,138]
				Flower bud		Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
			Toom	Bulb		Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[156,157]
						Hypertension	Tanzania	[23]
			Ayo			Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[23,170]
			Katunguluccumu	Bark	Chewing	Reduce heart beat	Uganda	[38]
				Whole	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Aloe arborescens Mill.	Xanthorrhoeaceae	Krantz aloe	Kransaalwyn, Ikalane, Inkalane, Umhlabana	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			Inhlaba lencane	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Swaziland	[161]
Aloe buettneri A. Berger	Xanthorrhoeaceae		Chanmanchanman, Aloes	Leaf	Trituration, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Whole plant	Decoction, Maceration, Infusion		Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Mimi	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Aloe ferox Mill.	Xanthorrhoeaceae	Bitter aloe, Cape aloe	Lekhala la Quthing	Leaf, Root		Diabetes, Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Ikhala-lasekoloni, Bitter alwyn	Leaf, Sap, Roots	Boiling, Decoction	Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[140,143,145,147,149,152]
Aloe marlothii A. Berger	Xanthorrhoeaceae	Mountain aloe	Kgopha ya go eema, inhlaba umhlaba, Inhlaba, Bindamutshe, Mhangani	Leaf, Root	Cooking, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,141,147,153,183]
			Inhlaba lenkhulu	Leaf		Cardiac problems	Swaziland	[184]
Aloe striatula Haw.	Xanthorrhoeaceae		Mohalakane/Seholobe	Leaf		Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
						Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.	Xanthorrhoeaceae	Aloe, True aloe, Aloe vera Burn aloe, Indian aloe, Barbados aloe				Diabetes	Cameroon	[59]
				Leaf	Maceration	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
			Subiri	Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
			Aloe vera	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Ghana	[35]
			Aloe vera	Leaf		Diabetes, High Cholesterol Level	Mauritius	[113]
				Leaf		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
				Leaf, Gel	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			Aloe, Alovera	Gel, Leaf, Rind, Stem	Extract	Diabetes	Tanzania	[165,169]
			Fradjo, Faradjo	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[170,171]
				Whole	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Alstonia boonei	Apocynaceae	Stool wood	Emien	Stem bark	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Awun	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
			Gnamidua	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Amaranthus dubius	Amaranthaceae		Brede Malbar	Leaf	Cooking, Eating	Hypertension	Mauritius	[116]
				Leaf	Maceration	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Ambrosia maritima L.	Asteraceae				Decoction	Diabetes	Ethiopia	[83]
			Damsisa, Damesisa	Leaf		Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[156,157]
Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam	Apiaceae	Khella, Picktoth	E’bna	Leaf	Extract	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Bizrat al khalla	Fruit		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
Anacardium occidentale L.	Anacardiaceae	Cashew tree, Cashew, Cashew nut, Cashew nut tree, Cashew apple	Egu acajou, Kajoutin	Bark, Root, Leaf	Decoction, Powder, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf		Diabetes, Hypertension	Cameroon	[57,59]
				Leaf, Stem bark	Maceration, Infusion, Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
				Leaf, Fruit, Bark		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Mahabibo	Leaf, Fruit	Tea	Diabetes	Madagascar	[30,84,107]
			Kasjoeneut	Bark	Tincture	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			Atchan, Yovotsan	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.	Bromeliaceae		Abrebre, Agonde	Fruit, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
						Obesity	Cameroon	[59]
Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.	Araceae			Rhizome	Maceration	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Nkwe-ndojgu	Rhizome	Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[87]
						Heart attack	Sierra Leone	[139]
Annona muricata L.	Annonaceae					Hypertension	Benin	[23]
			Saoussawa awaki, Saba saba, Bwembe, Ebom	Leaf	Boiling, Decoction	Heart pain, Hypertension	Cameroon	[59,60]
				Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Corossolier, Soursop	Leaf, Stem bark	Maceration, Decoction	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Gabon	[86,87,88]
				Leaf	Tea	Heart palpitations	Madagascar	[107]
			Coronsol	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension	Mauritius	[23,113,118]
			Soursop	Leaf	Juice	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
			Sabissab, Agnigli	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Togo	[170,173]
Annona senegalensis Pers.	Annonaceae	African custard-apple	Otrin-bobo, Gnigiwe	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Gwadda-daji	Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Tchoutchoude			Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. & Perr.	Combretaceae	Axlewood tree	Agni, Hihon	Bark	Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Marke	Leaf, Bark	Maceration, Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Suhab	Inflorescence	Maceration	Diabetes	Sudan	[158]
			Heheti	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Anthocleista djalonensis A.Chev.	Gentianaceae		Bheino modyo	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Guinea	[93]
			Ezenukpogan, Sapo	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[34,93,123,126]
			Assoubo-bissaou, Gboloba	Leaf, Stem bark, Root	Powder, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[93,170,171,173]
Anthocleista vogelii Planch.	Gentianaceae		Gotun, Guswe	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Ekoka ngowa	Stem bark, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cameroon	[56,93]
			Teng mavassa, Ayinebe, Givindu	Leaf, Stem bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Gabon	[86,88]
			Sapo, Kwari, Awudifo-Akete	Root,	Decoction	Diabetes	Ghana	[93]
			Benin rope, Sapo, Kwari, Awudifo-Akete, Mpoto	Stem, Bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity	Nigeria	[93,123]
Arachis hypogaea L.	Fabaceae		Sigkaam/Naguri	Leaf	Charred	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Gertah	Seed	Infusion	Diabetes	Mauritania	[112]
			Amakinati	Leaf, Seed	Decoction, Cooking	Hypertension	South Africa	[99,153]
Aristolochia albida Duch.	Aristolochiaceae		Waregou, Fondo	Root	Maceration, Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Agadayo [170]			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Artemisia absinthium	Asteraceae	Wormwood, Grand wormwood, Absinthe	Kanyambuba kalume	Leafy stem	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Groenamara	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[147,149]
Artemisia afra	Asteraceae	African wormwood, Wild wormwood	Mhlonyane, Wilde als, Umhlonyane, Alsbos, Lengana, Zengana	Leaf, Root	Boiling, Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[53,99,143,147,149]
			Fivi, Majani mapana artemisia	Leaf, Stem, Root		Diabetes	Tanzania	[165,169]
Artocarpus altilis	Moraceae		Weeteyangului	Leaf, Root	Boiling, Decoction	Diabetes	Liberia	[185]
			Fruit a pain	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
Azadirachta indica A. Juss	Meliaceae	Neem, Indian lilac	Jediya, Kininitin	Bark, Leaf	Decoction, Trituration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Dogoyaro	Seed, Leaf, Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cameroon	[56]
				Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Neem	Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Mwarubaine	Stem bark, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Nimo	Leaf		Diabetes, High cholesterol	Madagascar	[30]
			Neem, Lila perche	Leaf	Decoction, Juice	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113,116]
			Dogonyaro, Dongoyaro	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Cardiac activities, Diabetes	Nigeria	[126,128,186,187]
			Kiniti	Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile	Zygophyllaceae	Desert date, Soapberry tree	Kiagelga	Stem Bark	Charred	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Mekie	Leaf, Fruit	Extract	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Higleeg, Laloub, Al-Laloub	Fruit, Seed, Leaf	Fruit pulp eaten, Infusion, Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[156,157,158,159,160]
			Aduwa	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.	Poaceae	Bamboo, Chinabamboo		Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Pampuro ahaban	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[89]
			Opaarun	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
Bersama abyssinica Fresen.	Melianthaceae		Azamr	Leaf, Root	Boiling, Crushing	Hypertension	Ethiopia	[188]
			Mukilyulu	Root Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
				Stem bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Mozambique	[120]
Bidens pilosa L.	Compositae		Tchiogwenoh, Lelete netseke	Whole plant	Decoction, Infusion	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
			Koko l limo, Koko ya limo, Kashisha, Nyassa, Igishokoro	Leaf, Leafy Stem	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66,67]
				Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
					Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[95]
			Tsipolotra	Leaf	Soup	Hypertension	Madagascar	[107,108]
			Lavilbag	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Mauritius	[113]
				Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Blighia sapida K. D.Koenig	Sapindaceae	Ackee	Egui ishin, Lisetin	Bark, Branches, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Seed, Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Gwanja Kusa, Isin, Okpu	Leaf, Stem bark, Root bark		Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[189,190]
Boerhavia diffusa L.	Nyctaginaceae			Whole plant	Maceration	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Katson agni	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Brachylaena discolor DC.	Compositae	Silver oak, Coastal/Natal silver leaf	Umphahla, Bosvaalbos, Vaalbos	Leaf	Boiling, Infusion	Diabetes	South Africa	[53,142,147]
			Mupasa	Leaf	Chewing, Juice	Diabetes	Zimbabwe	[53]
Brassica oleracea L.	Brassicaceae			Leaf	Consumed in form of sauce	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Shu	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
			Li chou	Leaf	Juice	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
Bridelia ferruginea Benth.	Phyllanthaceae		Ira, Honsoukokoe	Leaf, Bark	Decoction, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Nonro	Root	Boiling, Decoction	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
				Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Kizni	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Kolou, Akamati	Leaf + Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[170,173]
Bulbine narcissifolia	Xanthorrhoeaceae		Khomo ea balisa	Bulb, Root		Diabetes	Lesotho	[42]
					Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.	Fabaceae	Gray Nicker Bean	Egui adji, Djikouin	Leaf, Root	Infusion, Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Okwen	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Adiku	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.	Fabaceae		Chrochro, Fleur	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf, Stem	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.	Fabaceae	Pigeon peas	Olene, Otiili	Leaf	Powder	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,126]
			Mbainisiri, Majani ya mbaazi	Leaf, Seed	Decoction	Diabetes, Heart diseases	Tanzania	[165,168,169]
Calotropis procera	Asclepiadaceae	Sodom apple	Bambamba, Amonman	Leaf, Root	Trituration, Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Putrupuugu	Root	Powder	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Ghinde’a	Stem bark, Latex	Crushing	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
Cannabis sativa L.	Cannabaceae	Marijuana, Indian hemp	Igbo, Gueman	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Isangu, Um Ya, Intsangu, Dagga, Nsanga, Insangu	Leaf	Crushing, Soaking, Infusion, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, Stroke	South Africa	[7,140,142,147,153]
Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew.	Capparaceae	Caper berry	Sorob	Leaf, Stem Bark	Infusion	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Tundub	Stem		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
Capsicum frutescens L.	Solanaceae	Pepper	Tambo-olobre, Takin winiwini	Fruit	Decoction, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Kambi, Kipiarga	Fruit	Decoction	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Fruit		Hypertension	Cameroon	[191]
			Esin	Fruit		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Carica papaya L.	Caricaceae	Pawpaw	Aguidi ako, Kpintin	Leaf, Root, Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
			Pawpe	Whole plant	Decoction	Cardiovasular diseases, Diabetes, Hypertension	Cameroon	[56,59]
			Ipapayi, Papayi	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Papayo, Papayio	Fruit, Leaf, Seed	Boiling, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Eritrea	[23,72,74]
			Papaya, Mulolu	Leaf, Fruit, Pulp, Seed, Root	Decoction, Infusion, Juice	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Ahaban	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[23,89]
				Leaf, Root		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Papaya	Fruit	Direct Consumption, Juice	Cardiovascular disease, High Cholesterol level, Hypertension	Mauritius	[23,113,182]
			Okodu, Ako-ibepe, Gwadda, Udia edi, popo, ukpod	Seed, Leaf, Fruit, Root	Decoction, Maceration, Tea	Diabetes, Heart attack, Hypertension, Obesity	Nigeria	[23,34,123,125,128,132,187,192]
			Mophopho	Root	Cooking	Diabetes	South Africa	[141,183]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Carissa edulis	Apocynaceae	Num-num	Agam	Stem bark	Extract	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Mukawa	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
Carissa spinarum L.	Apocynaceae		Ahanzo	Root	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
					Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[95]
Cassia abbreviata Oliv.	Fabaceae	Long-tail cassia	Monepenepe	Root	Powder	Diabetes	Botswana	[52]
			Malandesi	Leaf, Pod	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Molomanama	Stem bark	Extract	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			Mkundekunde	Root		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
				Root	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Cassia alata L.	Fabaceae	Ringworm bush	Mapalata, Nkaya loto	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
			Kattreping			Hypertension	Mauritius	[114]
			Asuwon	Stem bark	Powder	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
Cassia occidentalis L.	Fabaceae	Violet tree, Coffee Senna	Nom sas	Seed	Maceration	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
						Diabetes	Comoros	[65]
			Mwenga jinni, Ma nsanmzi usambi, Mushegamanjoka, Kashegema, Lukunda bajanyi, Mbaw-mbaw	Leaf, Root, Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66,67,69]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Itanna-akorere, Sanga-sanga	Seed, Leaf, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Stroke	Nigeria	[34,128]
			Stinky Leaf			Diabetes, Hypertension	Sierra Leone	[138,139]
			Soreib	Seed	Decoction	Hypertension	Sudan	[158]
Cassia sieberiana DC.	Fabaceae	Africa Laburnum, West African laburnum	Mugunga, Mununga nunsi	Leaf		Diabetes	DR Congo	[69]
			Sindja	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Guinea	[90,92]
			Aridantoro, Malga	Leaf, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126,128]
			Gat-Gati	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Cassia tora L.	Fabaceae	Foetid senna	Sigdre	Leaf	Charred	Hypertension	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Leaf	Decoction, Juice	Cardiac problems, Hypertension	Nigeria	[50,123]
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don	Apocynaceae	Madagascar periwinkle	Bonjour bonsoir, Fleur	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
				Root	Decoction	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
			Mauwa, Vinka	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66,67]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Saponnaire	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
				Leaf, Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Mozambique	[53,84]
						Hypertension	Nigeria	[23]
				Seed, Leaf, Flower, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[23,99,142,147,153]
						Hypertension	Tanzania	[23]
			Kilakou-sindazi, Coucouvigbe	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[23,170,173]
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.	Malvaceae	Boma stick	Bouma, Riwoun, Doum, Heum, Awoueng	Bark, Leave, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes, Heart palpitations, Hypertension	Cameroon	[56,57,60]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Fromage	Leaf, Stem bark, Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Araba, Apabida	Bark, Leaf		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
Centella asiatica (L.)	Apiaceae			Root	Cooking	Diabetes	South Africa	[141]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Chromolaena odorata L.	Asteraceae		Agatou	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl	Lauraceae		Ravitsara	Leaf		Hypertension	Madagascar	[30]
			Uroselina	Gum		Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Cissampelos mucronata A. Rich.	Menispermaceae		Enyati, Onyati	Hypogeous organs		Hypertension	Angola	[44]
			Tingwet	Root	Boiling	Hypertension	Kenya	[97,175]
			Leginiko/Jenkolo	Root		Stroke	Nigeria	[34]
Cissampelos pareira L.	Menispermaceae			Leaf, Root		Diabetes	Kenya	[150]
			Godogbo	Stem, bark, roots		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.	Cucurbitaceae		Kaka chaimkpe, Goussi	Endocarp	Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Hdajlehmar	Seed of fruit		Diabetes	Mauritania	[112]
			Handal, Hundal, Al-Handal	Seed, Fruit, Stem, Root	Poultice	Diabetes	Sudan	[155,156,157,160]
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle	Rutaceae	Lime	Jogorotan ogodo, Kletin	Leaf, Fruit, Jus, Root	Decoction, Powder, Maceration, Juice	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Chad	[193]
						Hypertension	Congo	[23]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Lomi	Leaf		Hypertension	Ethiopia	[23,80]
			Limon	Fruit	Juice	Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiovascular disease	Mauritius	[23,113]
			Agbopi	Fruit		Hypertension	Nigeria	[23,123]
			Akanka			Hypertension	Togo	[23,170]
Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck	Rutaceae	Lemon				Hypertension	Cameroon	[59]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Chad	[193]
			Mti wa ndimu kali, Ndimu, Chunghwa kali	Fruit	Juice, Extraction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66,67]
			Limon			Hypertension	Mauritius	[114]
			Osanganyin	Fruit		Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
			Ulamula	Peel of Fruit, Pulp, Root	Decoction	Hypertension	South Africa	[99,153]
			Nimawa	Fruit	Juice	Hypertension	Uganda	[38]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.	Rutaceae		Pamplemousse	Fruit Peel	Decoction	Diabetes, High Cholesterol Level	Mauritius	[113]
			Upapamuzi	Fruit	Eaten Raw	Hypertension	South Africa	[99,153]
Clausena anisata (Willd) Hook.f. ex Benth.	Rutaceae	Horsewood, Maggot killer			Decoction	Diabetes	Ghana	[194]
			Chesamishiet	Leaf, Root	Boiling	Stroke	Kenya	[97]
			Umnukambhiba	Leaf, Root	Maceration, Decoction	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
			Umnukelambiba	Stem bark	Concoction	Cardiac problems	Swaziland	[184]
			Mjafari	Leaf, Stem, Root	Extract	Diabetes	Tanzania	[165,169]
			Eyra	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
			Muvengahonye	Leaf		Diabetes	Zimbabwe	[195]
Cleistopholis patens (Benth.) Engl. & Diels	Annonaceae			Leaf	Trituration, Kneading	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Doundzou, Ovoc	Stem bark	Decoction	Cardiovascular Diseases	Gabon	[86]
Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br. ex Vatke	Lamiaceae	Ugandense	Sur-betri	Stem bark, Leaf	Extract	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Muvweia, Munguya	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
Clutia natalensis Bernh.	Peraceae		Mosali-mofubelu	Root		Diabetes	Lesotho	[42]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Cocos nucifera L.	Arecaceae	Coconut	Egui agonkin, Agonkintin	Leaf, Root, Bark, Coco water	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Coconut, Coco	Fiber	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Coco, Cocotier	Fruit, Oil	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113,118]
			Iri-oibo, Agbon	Stem, Stem bark	Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,126]
			Kpakpadire			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Coffea mauritiana Lam.	Rubiaceae			Leaf	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Café marron			Diabetes	Mauritius	[117]
Cola acuminata	Sterculiaceae		Obi abata,	Fruit	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Colatier	Fruit	Maceration	Cardiovascular diseases	Gabon	[86]
Cola nitida (Vent.)	Sterculiaceae	Kola nut	Goro, Golo	Fruit	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
						Diabetes	Nigeria	[196]
			Goro			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Combretum micranthum	Combretaceae		Kinkeliba	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Kankaliba	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Guinea	[90,92]
Commiphora africana (A. Rich.)	Burseraceae	Hairy corkwood, Namibian corkwood	Harige Kanniedood	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			Muntonto, Esilalei	Roots, bark		Diabetes	Tanzania	[166]
Corchorus olitorius L.	Malvaceae		Yoyo, Ninnounwi	Seed	Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47,197]
			Ewedu, Ahuhara	Leaf twigs, Leaf, Seed	Powder	Diabetes, Heart troubles	Nigeria	[124,197]
			Ademe	Leaf	Powder	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel. ex G.Don) Benth.	Rubiaceae		Kum-waga	Fruit	Maceration	Obesity	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Musanzambeke, Nakasabuni	Root, Bark		Diabetes, Hypertension	Tanzania	[166,169]
Croton macrostachyus Del.	Euphorbiaceae		Mutundu, Kitundu	Root bark		Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Mhulugu, mbiha			Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Croton zambesicus	Euphorbiaceae		Animonegiee	Fruit		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Um gleigla	Seed, Fruit		Hypertension	Sudan	[198]
Curculigo pilosa	Hypoxidaceae		Ikoule-gouchou, Ayote	Tuber	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Epaikun	Root		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf	Poaceae		Ofrin, Cha/Timan	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
			Djenji, Ossanga, Fiba glass	Root	Decoction	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
			Majani tshai	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	DR Congo	[23,66]
				Rhizome	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Citronelle, Lemongrass, Ditsotsu	Leaf	Decoction, Infusion	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Gabon	[86,87,88]
						Hypertension	Nigeria	[23]
			Mchaichai	Leaf, Stem		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
			Tigbe			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. & Perr.	Fabaceae		Abanous, Al-Babanous	Leaf	Infusion	Heart pain	Sudan	[157,160]
			Mpingo	Leaf	Juice	Cardiac trouble	Tanzania	[168]
Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel	Fabaceae	African copaiba balsam	Iya, Zantin, Wuya, Yanburu	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes, Obesity, Heart attacks in children	Benin	[47,199]
						Hypertension	Mali	[200]
			Majee	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
Daucus carota L.	Apiaceae	Carrot		Root	Consumed in form of sauce	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Tuber	Expression, Grating, Juice	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Caroti	Tuber	Eaten raw or with salad	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
Detarium microcarpum Guill. & Perr.	Fabaceae	Tallow tree	Ajekofole-oko, Dakpa	Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Arira	Stem bark	Infusion	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
Dialium guineense Willd.	Fabaceae		Meeko	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Guinea	[92]
			Uge	Fruit		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.	Fabaceae		Susutri	Leaf	Juice	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Mkalala	Root		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
			Bouvoum			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Dicoma anomala	Asteraceae	Fever bush, Stomach bush	Hloenya	Leaf, Root		Diabetes, Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Umuna, Hloenya,	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,147]
Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst.	Ebenaceae		Gaaka	Fruit	Charred	Heart insufficiency	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Leaf, Stem	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Tigbado			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.	Arecaceae	Palm oil	Egui ekpe, Detin	Branch, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Mbourou	Leaf	Boiling, Decoction	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
				Fruit (Palm oil)		Palpitation, Heart trouble	Liberia	[201]
Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels	Fabaceae	Eland’s bean, Aland’s wattle, Elephant’s root	Mositsane	Rhizome		Heart conditions, Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Intolwane, Igwejobmvu, Mupangara, Mositsane	Leaf, Rhizome	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[7,99,147]
Entada abyssinica A. Rich.	Fabaceae	Tree entanda	Halke	Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Mufutwambula, Mfutwamvula, Ngemwambula	Leaf, Bark, Root	Soaking or boiling in water	Diabetes, Hypertension	Tanzania	[166,169]
Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle	Fabaceae			Leaf, Stem	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Coeur de mer	Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
Erythrina abyssinica DC.	Fabaceae		Kinsungu, Isungwa, Katshiyitshiyi	Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[69]
			Mkalwanhuba	Root	Powder	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
				Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Eucalyptus globulus Labill.	Myrtaceae	Eucalyptus	Tsaeda-kelamintos, Ts-Kelamitoes	Leaf, Bark	Extract, Crushing, Boiling	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72,74]
			Eucalyptus	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Ronde bloekomblaar		Infusion	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			El kafour	Leaf		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
Euclea natalensis A. DC	Ebenaceae	Large-leaved guarri	Mukinyei	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96,202]
			Mohlakola, Natal guarri	Bark, Root	Boiling, Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[145,147,202]
			Mdala	Root Bark		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Euphorbia clavarioides Boiss.	Euphorbiaceae	Lions spoor	Sehlooko	Whole plant		Diabetes, Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Sehlehle, Sehloko	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Euphorbia hirta L.	Euphorbiaceae	Asthma weed	Ignankoun ayira, Nonsinwe	Whole plant	Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Ewuda manyongo	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cameroon	[56]
						Hypertension	Comoros	[65]
			Ambeningo	Leaf, Whole plant	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Jean Robert	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Asin uloko	Leaf	Concoction	Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,125]
			Lonzwe, Vakikulu, Mziwaziwa	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Tanzania	[166,169]
			Notsigbe, Anosigbe, Anossika	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[172,173]
Ficus capensis Thunb.	Moraceae	Sycamore tree		Leaf, Bark, Root		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
						Hypertension	Mali	[200]
			Opoto	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
Ficus exasperata Vahl	Moraceae	Sand paper tree	Lukenga	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
			Borai	Leaf, bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Cardiovascular dysfunctions, Diabetes, Heart diseases, Hypertension	Nigeria	[128,203]
Ficus natalensis Hochst.	Moraceae		Muuomo/Kiumo	Fruit	Infusion	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Omutoma	Leaf	Decoction	Heart disease	Uganda	[176]
Ficus platyphylla Delile	Moraceae	Red robber tree	Agbede, Kapite	Bark	Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Gamji	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
Flueggea virosa	Euphorbiaceae		Wadjedje, Chake-chake	Root, Leaf	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Tchacatchaca	Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[171]
Galinsoga parviflora Cav.	Compositae		Mung’ei	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
				Leaf	Maceration	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Garcinia buchananii Baker	Clusiaceae		Mukanga	Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Ensali, Nsaala, Musali	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Pounding	Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiovascular condition	Uganda	[38,174]
Garcinia kola Heckel	Clusiaceae	Bitter kola	Iwo, Ahowe	Fruit	Direct Consumption, Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Fruit		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Edun	Fruit		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Gardenia ternifolia Schum.	Rubiaceae			Fruits, Bark, Seed	Decoction, Crushing	Diabetes	Angola	[43]
			Iheung	Bark	Maceration	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Kilindilamugunda	Root		Hypertension	Tanzania	[166]
			Kawou, Flife	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Glycine max (L.) Merr.	Fabaceae	Soybean	Soja	Seed	Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Mobe olo	Leaf		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Gmelina arborea	Verbenaceae	Beechwood	Milina	Leaf, Bark	Decoction	Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Ansara-tantouna			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Graptophyllum pictum (L.)	Acanthaceae			Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Lait de vierge	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113,118]
Gnetum africanum Welw.	Gnetaceae		Fumbwa	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
			Nkumu	Leaf	Cooking	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Afang	Leaf	Chewing, Cooking as soup	Hypertension	Nigeria	[132]
Guiera senegalensis J.F.Gmel.	Combretaceae	Moshi medicine	Puglum	Leaf	Charred, Decoction	Hypertension, Heart diseases	Burkina Faso	[54,204]
				Root, Bark	Powder	Hypertension	Cameroon	[56]
			Bufunuk, Kankanango	Leaf		Obesity	The Gambia	[205]
			Sabara	Leaf, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128,204]
			Gubeish, Gubaish, Ghubeish	Leaf, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[155,156,157,158,159,204]
Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.	Apocynaceae	Gymnema, Australian cow plant, Periploka of the woods	Shankuk	Leaf	Extract	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
					Decoction	Diabetes	Ghana	[194]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes.	Celastraceae		Frefre-ira, Jadoman	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Aych	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Mauritania	[112]
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.)	Pedaliaceae	Devils claw	Sengaparile	Tuber	Soaking	Hypertension	Botswana	[52]
			Devils claw	Tuberous root	Infusion, Decoction, Tincture, Powder, Extract	Diabetes	South Africa	[152,206]
Harrisonia abyssinica	Simaroubaceae			Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Hedza	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir.	Hypericaceae		Aton-dog	Bark	Decoction	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
			Kadwamuko, Ndura, Ndimu, Chunghwa	Leaf	Decoction, Extraction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
				Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Atsui	Leaf	Chewing	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Soungala		Infusion	Hypertension	Guinea	[92]
			Harongana	Bud Leaf		Heart disease	Madagascar	[102]
Heliotropium indicum L.	Boraginaceae	Indian heliotrope	Ogbole arouko, Koklossou dinpaja	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Atapari Obuko	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.	Malvaceae	Roselle	Bukulu	Calix	Decoction, Infusion, Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Bissabe		Decoction	Hypertension	Guinea	[92]
			Roselle	Fruit	Juice	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
				Flower		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Karkadeh, Karkady	Calyx	Decoction, Infusion	Hypertension	Sudan	[158,159]
Holarrhena floribunda	Apocynaceae			Leaf, Stem Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Sesewou	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Hordeum vulgare L.	Poaceae		Gebs		Fermented drink	Hypertension	Ethiopia	[82]
			Sha-yr	Seed	Powder	Diabetes	Mauritania	[112]
Hoslundia opposita Vahl	Lamiaceae			Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Omunyenyete	Leaf	Soaking	Hypertension	Tanzania	[162]
Hymenocardia acida Tul.	Phyllanthaceae		Oroukpa, Sotive	Root	Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Pellitoro	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Guinea	[92]
				Root	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart.	Arecaceae	Doum palm	Goriba	Fruit	Eating	Hypertension	Cameroon	[56]
			Goriba	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Dom, Nabag	Fruit, Epicarp	Infusion	Diabetes	Sudan	[156,159]
Hypoxis hemerocallidea	Hypoxidaceae	African potato, Yellow star, Star lily, Star flower				Diabetes, Hypertension	Botswana	[207]
			INonqwe, African potato, Ilabatheka, Inkomfe, Sterretjie, Starflowers, Inongwe	Corm, root	Crushing, Decoction	Diabetes, Heart weakness, Hypertension, Stroke	South Africa	[7,53,99,147,152,153]
Imperata cylindrical (L.) Raeusch	Poaceae			Rhizome	Decoction	Diabetes	Angola	[43]
			Iguan, Se	Root, Leaf	Decoction/Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Tenona	Leaf		Hypertension	Madagascar	[103]
Indigofera arrecta	Fabaceae		Kasholoza, Kavunanfuka, Abwebwe, Musholotsi, Umwikokori, Umusoro	Roots	Chewing	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
						Diabetes	Ghana	[55]
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.	Convolvulaceae			Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Mongu	Leaf, Tubers, Whole plant	Juice extract, Infusion, Powder	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
Irvingia gabonensis	Irvingiaceae			Bark, fruits, Leaf, roots		Diabetes	Cameroon	[57]
			Mwiba, Africa mango, ndoc	Seed, Fruit, Leaf, Stem bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
Isoberlinia doka Craib & Stapf	Fabaceae		Kpakpa	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Root		Heart disease	Chad	[193]
Jatropha curcas L.	Euphorbiaceae	Barbados nut	Okpokporou founfoun, Kpotin wewe	Leaf, Root	Decoction, Triturating, Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Beadounde, Len	Root	Decoction	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60,208]
			Asangi, Mpuluka, Ndolu	Leaf, Bark, Root bark	Decoction	Diabetes, Cardiac palpitation	DR Congo	[66,209]
				Leaf, Stem	Maceration	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Puluka	Seed, Leaf, Root, Stem Bark, Whole plant	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
				Leaf, Stem		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Cini dazugu	Leaf, Fruit, Root, Bark	Decoction, Maceration, Fruit burning to ashes	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128,208]
			Babati, Babatihe	Leaf + Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[172,173]
Jatropha gossypiifolia L.	Euphorbiaceae		Okpokporu kpikpa, Kpotin vovo	Leaf	Decoction, Triturating	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Babatidzin	Leaf		Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Kalanchoe crenata (Andrews) Haw.	Crassulaceae			Whole plant		Diabetes	Cameroon	[57]
			Aflatogan	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Khaya senegalensis (Desv.) A.Juss.	Meliaceae	Mahogany, African mahogany	Esisa, Akao, Aganwo, Kayi, Gbira	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration, Powder, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[47,199]
			Kuka	Leaf	Powder	Heart disorders, Obesity	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Okpe, Madacci	Stem bark, Bark	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,128,210]
			Mahogany	Stem bark	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Sudan	[156,160]
			Frimou	Root, Stem bark	Powder, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[39,171,210]
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth	Bignoniaceae	Sausage tree	Gnankpo, Gnanblikpotin	Root, Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Mederba, Zelzale	Fruit	Eaten	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
				Bark, Seed, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[100]
			Pandoro	Seed		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
				Seed	Roasting, Eaten, Crushing	Diabetes	South Africa	[211]
			Um Shutour, Um-Shitour	Fruit	Paste, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[156,160]
			Mudungwa, Mwicha, Mwegea	Root, Bark, Fruit		Diabetes, Hypertension	Tanzania	[166,169]
			Mussa	Leaf, Bark	Ashes	Hypertension	Uganda	[38,211]
				Fruit	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Lannea acida A.Rich.	Anacardiaceae		Assoguidoka, Zonzon	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
Lantana camara L.	Verbenaceae		Hlaciayo	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Lantanier, Filawa	Leaf, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Ponpontiaani	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension	Guinea	[92]
			Radriaka	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension	Madagascar	[30,108]
			Ubukhwebezane	Root	Decoction, Infusion	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
			Fonyvi	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey	Compositae		Muthunga	Leaf	Chewing, Boiling	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Vanshaqaar, Qaraariye	Leaf, Root, Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Somalia	[212]
Leptadenia hastata Vatke	Apocynaceae		Lelongo	Stem Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cameroon	[56]
			Yaadiya	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Ghana	[35]
Leucosidea sericea	Rosaceae		Cheche	Leaf, Stem		Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Umtshitshi			Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Lippia multiflora	Verbenaceae				Infusion	Hypertension	Ghana	[194]
			Boufazaou				Togo	[170]
Lophira lanceolata Tiegh. ex Keay	Ochnaceae		Ngokole	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
			Kparakpara	Root	Decoction, Powder	Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Mangifera indica L.	Anacardiaceae	Mango	Mango, Mangatin	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
						Diabetes	Cameroon	[59]
			Mti wa hembe, Nzete ya manga, Mwembe, Hembe, Mongo, Muitie Mamanganga, Mutshi wa mangaya	Root, Stem Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66,67,68]
			Mangus	Leaf, Stem Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Mwiba mutangani	Leaf, Seed, Stem-Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Mango dua	Stem Bark	Decoction	Hypertension, Diabetes	Ghana	[89]
			Mango Seny	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Guinea	[92]
			Muembe	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Mangue, Manguier	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113,118]
			Ebe mango, Mangoro, Mangwaro	Leaf, Stem bark	Maceration, Decoction, Powder	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,126,128,132]
			Mangoti	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
				Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
			Mumango	Bark	Extraction	Diabetes	Zimbabwe	[53]
Manihot esculenta Crantz.	Euphorbiaceae		Adjagoun, Fingnignin	Tuber	Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Zengue, Kediann, Makwamba, Cassinga, Mbon	Leaf	Paste, Maceration	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
			Mangahazo	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension	Madagascar	[108]
			Manioc	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension	Mauritius	[113,118]
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell	Celastraceae		Tokvugri	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Tchindjinya			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Melanthera scandens	Asteraceae		Ayara edemerong	Leaf		Diabetes	Nigeria	[213]
			Byabarwoya, Eshurwa	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Mentha aquatica L.	Lamiaceae			Leaf, Stem, Seed	Infusion	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
			Ehohwa	Leaf	Tea	Hypertension	Uganda	[176]
Milicia excelsa (Welw.)	Moraceae		Iroko, Lokotin	Bark	Powder, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Obiga	Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
Mimosa pudica L.	Fabaceae	Sensitive plant	Bodji	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Ebe-abhurior	Root		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Sensitive mimosa			Stroke	Sierra Leone	[138]
Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) Kuntze	Rubiaceae		Yilga	Leaf	Decoction	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Um Gatto	Fruit		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
			Limpkati	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Momordica balsamina L.	Cucurbitaceae	African pumpkin, African cucumber, Bitter gourd, Balsam pear				Cardiovascular disorders, Diabetes	Botswana	[207]
			Garahuni	Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Mothwatwa, Intshungu, Umkaka	Leaf, Root, Fruit, Seed	Cooking, Decoction, Infusion, Poultice, Tea	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,141,142,146,147,153]
			Ira-ira, Abu el Efain	Leaf, Seed	Infusion	Diabetes	Sudan	[156,158]
			Inkakha	Aerial part	Eaten as a vegetable	Diabetes, Hypertension	Swaziland	[184]
Momordica charantia L.	Cucurbitaceae		Kpalari, Yinsikin	Leaf	Decoction, Trituration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Fruit, Leaf, Stem, Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
				Leaf	Decoction	Cardiovascular diseases	Gabon	[86]
			Margose	Leaf, Fruit, Seed	Direct Consumption of Leaf, Juice, Soaking of seeds in water	Diabetes, High Cholesterol Level	Mauritius	[113]
				Leaf, Fruit		Diabetes	Nigeria	[122]
			Monamelala	Leaf, Whole plant, Potherb	Cooking, Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,141,146]
			Bitter melon	Fruit	Juice, Cooking	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
			Katchalayo, Agnagran	Whole plant	Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Momordica foetida Schumach.	Cucurbitaceae		Iphunzu	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Intshungu	Leaf, Stem, Root, Whole plant	Decoction, Juice, Tea	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,142,146]
Morinda lucida Benth.	Rubiaceae	African peach	Owouwo, Houinsi / Wetin	Root, Leaf, Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Bokakate, Mulambu	Leaf, Bark, Root	Maceration, Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
				Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote D’Ivoire	[70]
			Dungatsi, Akeng	Leaf, Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Sido	Leaf		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Zanklan, Zaklam	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Morinda morindoides (Baker) Milne-Redh.	Rubiaceae		Kongobololo, Mesokhama	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
Moringa oleifera Lam.	Moringaceae	Horseradish tree, Miracle tree Drumstick tree, Behen tree	Lagalaga, Kpatinman	Leaf, Seed	Powder, Triturating, Sauce/Direct Consumption	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
			Arzan tiiya	Leaf	Powder	Diabetes	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Moringa	Leaf	Juice	Diabetes, Hypertension	Eritrea	[23,72]
			Bagaruwa, Moringa	Leaf, Stem	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Ghana	[23,35,89]
				Leaf, Root		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Moringa	Seed	Chewing	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Brede mourongue	Leaf, Stem, Root	Juice, Decoction	Diabetes, High Cholesterol level, Hypertension	Mauritius	[23,113]
			Igbale, Zogale	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension, Stroke	Nigeria	[23,34,128,214]
			Moringa			Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Obesity	Sierra Leone	[23,138]
			Makgonatsohle	Seed, Leaf	Cooking	Diabetes	South Africa	[141]
			Mlonge, Moringa	Flower, Pod, Seed, Leave, Root	Powder	Diabetes	Tanzania	[165,169]
			Segueleguedi, Yovoviti	Seed	Powder	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[23,170,173]
						Diabetes, Hypertension	Uganda	[215]
				Leaf, Seed, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.	Fabaceae	Velvet bean		Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Werepe, Agbala	Leaf, Seed	Juice	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,124]
Musa acuminata Colla	Musaceae		Banane	Fruit	Eating	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Ihliziyo, Kabhanana ebomvu	Flower bracts	Decoction	Hypertension	South Africa	[99,153]
				Whole	Cooking	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Musa paradisiaca L.	Musaceae	Plantain	Doboroagbamgba, Kokwe sozou	Fruit	Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
						Cardiovascular disease	Cameroon	[59]
			Plantain, Digondi	Skin, Fruit, Root, Leaf, Stem	Burning, Juice, Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Akondro	Leaf, Fruit		Diabetes	Madagascar	[102]
			Oghede	Fruit, Stem	Maceration	Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Musanga cecropioides R.Br. ex Tedlie	Urticaceae	Umbrella tree	Divala, Parassolier, Aseng	Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction, Maceration	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Gabon	[86,87,88]
			Ebe iehara	Leaf		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Nasturtium officinale R. Br	Brassicaceae		Anandrano	Leaf		Hypertension	Madagascar	[103]
			Cresson	Leaf	Juice	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
Nauclea diderrichii	Rubiaceae					Diabetes	Benin	[91]
				Bark		Diabetes	Cameroon	[91]
			Bilinga	Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87]
Nauclea latifolia Sm.	Rubiaceae	African peach		Root		Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[91]
				Root		Diabetes	Congo	[91]
				Stem bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70,91]
			Tafashia	Root	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[89]
				Leaf, Fruit, Bark, Stem bark, Root		Diabetes	Guinea	[90,91]
			Egbesi	Leaf, Stem bark, Root		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34,91,123]
						Heart disease	Sierra Leone	[139]
			Karmadoda	Fruit, Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[156,159]
			Gnimon	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Newbouldia laevis (P. Beauv.) Seem.	Bignoniaceae		Akoko, Kpatin	Leaf, Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Ossome-dzo	Stem Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Dufin, Ako	Root		Stroke	Nigeria	[34]
Nicotiana tabacum L.	Solanaceae		Taba, Kla	Leaf	Powder, Triturating	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Assara			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Nigella sativa L.	Ranunculaceae	Black cumin	Abosoda	Seed	Added in bread, Powder	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72,73]
			Al Haba Alsoda	Seed		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
Ocimum americanum L.	Lamiaceae		Hizihizi, Kessou kessou	Root, Leaf	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Kozossonya			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Ocimum basilicum L.	Lamiaceae		Seseg	Leaf	Crushing, Boiling	Hypertension	Eritrea	[74]
			Mutaa	Whole plant, Leaf	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
				Leaf	Poultice	Hypertension	Ghana	[35]
			Lhbaq	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritania	[112]
						Hypertension	Senegal	[216]
			Timie	Leaf, Stem	Infusion	Heart problems, Hypertension	South Africa	[7,99]
Ocimum gratissimum L.	Lamiaceae	Scent leaf	Aribra, Chiayo	Leaf	Decoction, Triturating, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Nunum	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[35,89]
			Ebewadu	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,125,134]
			Kounozorou, Esrou	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Togo	[170,173]
Olea europaea L.	Oleaceae	Wild olive	Molialundi	Stem bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Mohloare	Leaf, Stem		Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Zolive	Leaf	Infusion	Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Hypertension	Mauritius	[23,113]
			uMquma, Umnquma, Olienhout, Olienhoutboom, Mutlhwari	Leaf, Bark, Root	Boiling, Decoction	Diabetes, Heart problems, Hypertension	South Africa	[7,99,147,149]
Opilia amentacea Roxb.	Opiliaceae		Gnandoro, Touahantouman	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Domfadou			Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Oxytenanthera abyssinica(A. Rich.) Munro	Poaceae		Dawe	Leaf, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) G.Don	Fabaceae	African locust bean	Ougba, Dumbu	Leaf, Bark, Root, Fruit		Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[17,199]
			Roaga	Root	Charred	Heart disorders, Hypertension	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Dawadawa/Dorowa	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Ghana	[35,89]
				Stem bark		Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,217]
			Soulou, Ewati	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173,217]
Parquetina nigrescens Afzel.	Apocynaceae		Ikpiarelokhae	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Bovoin, Atobo, Tobo		Maceration	Heart pains	Togo	[172]
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.	Poaceae		Mikuku	Stem	Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Orubingo	Leaf	Roasting	Heart disease	Uganda	[176]
Pentaclethra macrophylla	Mimosaceae			Fruit	Maceration	Cardiovascular disease	Cameroon	[56]
			Ukana	Seed	Cooked as soup	Hypertension	Nigeria	[132]
Pentanisia prunelloides	Rubiaceae	Wild verbena, Broad-leaved pentanisia	Setima-mollo	Leaf, Root		Diabetes, Heart problems, Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Icimamlilo	Leaf, Rhizome, Corm, Root	Extract	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,147]
Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth	Piperaceae		Pepper-elder	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Gabon	[87,88,218]
				Leaf		Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[125,218]
Pericopsis laxiflora (Baker) Meeuwen	Fabaceae		Ichedoun, Sedon	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Tchamani			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Persea americana Mill.	Lauraceae	Avocado pear, Avocado	Egui avoka, Avokatin	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[23,47]
						Diabetes	Cameroon	[59]
			Nzete ya savoka, Ivoka, Avocati	Leaf, fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66,67]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Avocado, Muvoka	Leaf, Seed	Maceration, Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Paya ahaban	Root	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[23,89]
			Piya	Leaf, Seed	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Guinea	[23,90,92]
			Mukurobi	Leaf, Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Avocat	Fruit	Juice	High Cholesterol Level, Hypertension	Mauritius	[23,113]
			Olumueb, Ube, Eben mbakara	Leaf, Seed, Fruit	Powder	Hypertension	Nigeria	[23,34,122,123,125,132]
			Moafokhathe	Leaf, Pulp, Fruit, Root	Cooking, Decoction	Diabetes; Hypertension	South Africa	[23,99,141]
				Stem bark	Decoction	Hypertension, Palpitation	Swaziland	[184]
			Mparachichi, Mwembe, Mafuta, Avocado	Leaf, Fruit, Seed, Rind, Bark, Whole plant		Diabetes	Tanzania	[165,169]
			Paya, Peya	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[23,170,173]
				Leaf, Seed	Decoction, Infusion	Hypertension	Uganda	[176]
Persea gratissima Gaertn.	Lauraceae		Pia, Fia	Leaf, Bark	Decoction	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
			Avocatier	Leaf	Decoction	Cardiovascular diseases	Gabon	[86]
Petroselinum crispum (Mill). Fuss	Apiaceae		Parsley, Persil	Leaf	Chewing	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Persil	Leaf	Decoction, Juice	Diabetes, High Cholesterol level, Hypertension	Mauritius	[113]
Phaseolus vulgaris var. aborigineus (Burkart) Baudet	Fabaceae					Diabetes	Cameroon	[59]
				Pod	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Cishimbo, Mukenji, Maharagwe	Green pod	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Bean	Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Haricot vert	Pod	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Sona, Ayi	Clove	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[170,173]
Philenoptera cyanescens (Schum. & Thonn.) Roberty	Fabaceae		Elou, Aho	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Tchele	Stem bark	Decoction	Hypertension	Togo	[171]
Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn.	Phyllanthaceae		Aribissohou, Hlinwe	Whole plant, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf	Decoction, Infusion, Maceration, Tincture	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
				Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes, Hyperglycaemia	Nigeria	[219]
			Mzalia nyuma	Leaf		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
			Seni-seniyo, Ahlinvi	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Phyllanthus niruri subsp. lathyroides (Kunth) G.L.Webster	Phyllanthaceae	Phyllanthus plant	Keelaneli	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Eyinbisowo	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
Physalis peruviana	Solanaceae		Mbuma, Mbupuru, Umuhire	Aerial part, Fruit, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67,220]
					Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[95]
Picralima nitida	Apocynaceae	Picralima	Abere, Ayokpe	Seed	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Ebam, Dugundu	Leaf, Fruit, Stem, Bark, Seed	Decoction, Maceration, Infusion	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Gabon	[86,87,88]
			Abere	Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Ghana	[35]
			Abeere	Seed	Infusion	Diabetes	Nigeria	[126]
			Amberi, Ayokpe	Seed	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) Milne-Redh.	Fabaceae		Barke	Stem bark	Decoction	Hypertension	Guinea	[92]
			Bakou, Klo	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Piper guineense	Piperaceae		Idjaye, Ninninkoun	Seed	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Njilulu	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
				Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Abo-Me-Nzang-Ndic		Decoction	Cardiovascular diseases	Gabon	[86]
						Hypertension	Nigeria	[125]
Piper umbellatum L.	Piperaceae		Fouboren, Abomedzana, Bepoie, Meuboue	Leaf	Paste, Maceration	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60,221]
			Abo-Me-Nzang		Decoction	Cardiovascular Diseases	Gabon	[86]
Plumbago zeylanica L.	Plumbaginaceae	Leadwort	Anan, Dangblan	Leaf	Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Aftooh	Root, Stem	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Amira	Leaf		Heart disease	Ethiopia	[76]
Portulaca oleracea L.	Portulacaceae		Nkekeih, Deung-Deung	Leafed-stem	Paste, Maceration	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
				Stem, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.) Taub.	Fabaceae		Prekese	Seed, Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[89]
			Kpalou	Stem bark, Root	Powder, Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[170,171]
Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Schweinf.) Harms	Meliaceae	Savanna woodland tree	Chahizi, Atindokpwe, Tchaguidi, Bisisumbu	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Benin	[47,49,199]
			Ti-tore	Stem Bark	Decoction	Hypertension	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Tuna	Root	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[89]
			Tuna	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Ditotore			Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Psidium guajava L.	Myrtaceae	Guava	Kekoun, Kinkountin	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
						Diabetes	Comoros	[65]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Zeitun	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Goyavier, Guava	Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction, Maceration	Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes	Gabon	[86,87,88]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Goyave	Leaf, Fruit	Infusion, Consume Ripe Fruit, Juice	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Gova, Guofa	Leaf		Hypertension, Stroke	Nigeria	[34,123,125]
			Koejawel, Ugwava	Leaf, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,142,153,222]
			Umgwava	Leaf	Infusion	Hypertension, Palpitation	Swaziland	[184]
			Goyaba			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Pteleopsis suberosa Engl. & Diels	Combretaceae		Okroukrou, Klui-Klui	Leaf, Bark	Decoction, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Sissinon, Sisinon	Stem bark	Powder	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,171]
Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir	Fabaceae		Nonoigna	Leaf	Charred	Hypertension	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Igiara	Bark		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
			Tem			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Punica granatum L.	Lythraceae		Grenade	Fruit	Juice	Cardiovascular disease, High Cholesterol level	Mauritius	[113]
			Mokgarenate, Granaat	Root	Cooking, Infusion	Diabetes	South Africa	[141,147]
Pyrenacantha kaurabassana Baill.	Icacinaceae		Njovu yayenda, Chikhazika, Mambo, Vindindi	Underground part	Powder	Heart palpitations, Hypertension	Malawi	[223]
			Insema	Bulb, Tuber	Decoction	Hypertension	South Africa	[99,153]
Rauvolfia caffra	Apocynaceae		Mutalala	Leaf, Stem		Diabetes	DR Congo	[69]
			umHlambamanzi	Stem, Bark, Whole plant		Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel.	Apocynaceae	Swizzle stick	Lewe	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Abude	Leaf	Decoction	Heart ache	Cameroon	[56]
			Isumbubululu	Root bark	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
				Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Mupitugu	Leaf, Root, Bark	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Akata, Asofeyeje	Root, Bark, Stem, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,125,126]
Rhamnus prinoides L. Her	Rhamnaceae	African dogwood, Camdeboo stinkwood, Glossy-leaf	Mukarakinga	Roots, Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Mofifi			Diabetes	Lesotho	[42]
			Blinkblaar, Mofifi	Branches	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Ricinus communis L.	Euphorbiaceae			Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Laara	Seed		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
			Umhlakuva, Impono	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	South Africa	[99,153]
			Mbarika, Mkale	Leaf, Root		Stroke	Tanzania	[166]
			Dedele			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Rosmarinus officinalis L.	Lamiaceae	Rosemary	Azmarino	Leaf, Stem	Added to food	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Romarin	Leaf	Decoction	Cardiovascular disease	Mauritius	[113]
			Roosmaryn	Leaf	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Obesity	South Africa	[140,147]
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.	Polygonaceae		Meqmoqo, Mekmeko	Root		Diabetes, Hypertension	Ethiopia	[76,82,224]
						Diabetes, Hypertension	Cameroon	[224]
Rumex lanceolatus	Polygonaceae	Small dock, Smooth dock, Common dock	Khamane	Leaf, Root		Diabetes	Lesotho	[42]
			Gladdetongblaar	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Saccharum officinarum L.	Poaceae		Okpa-soucre, Leke	Root, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
						Hypertension	Cameroon	[59]
			Sugar cane	Wine, Leaf	Fermentation	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
				Outer part	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Salvia officinalis L.	Lamiaceae			Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Maaramya	Leaf		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.)	Rubiaceae		Igbessin, Ko	Root	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Um dimy	Root, Fruit	Infusion	Diabetes	Sudan	[159]
			Kidjitchilou			Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Schwenckia americana L.	Solanaceae		Dandana	Leaf, Bark, Root	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Kotoka			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst	Anacardiaceae		Edi	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cameroon	[56]
				Leaf	Powder	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
						Diabetes	Nigeria	[192]
			Maroela	Bark, Leaf, Stem, Stem-Bark	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	South Africa	[99,142]
			Hommaid	Bark, Stem Bark	Maceration	Diabetes	Sudan	[156,158]
			Mupfura	Root	Steaming	Diabetes	Zimbabwe	[53]
Scoparia dulcis L.	Plantaginaceae		Jomboa	Leaf, Branchlet	Maceration	Stroke	Cameroon	[56]
				Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
						Diabetes	Guinea	[90]
			Noumayi	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Searsia lancea	Anacardiaceae	Karee	Ts’ilabele	Leaf, Fruit		Diabetes, Heart problems, Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Karee, Rooikaree	Leaf, Fruit	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen.	Polygalaceae	Coffee senna	Kpatale, Kpata	Root	Decoction, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
				Root	Poultice	Stroke	Ghana	[35]
			Omudhiku			Stroke	Namibia	[121]
			Sanya	Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Mbazo	Root	Infusion	Heart pains (palpitations)	Tanzania	[168]
			Fozi, Tritou	Root, Leaf + Root	Powder, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,171,173]
Sesamum indicum L.	Pedaliaceae	Sesame	Gingeli, Sesame			Hypertension	Mauritius	[115,118]
			Simsim	Seed		Diabetes	Sudan	[156]
Senna alata (L.) Roxb.	Fabaceae		Gitsamuna	Leaf, Seed, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Osempe	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Ghana	[35]
			Quatre epingles	Leaf		Hypertension	Madagascar	[102]
			Quatre epingles	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Mauritius	[113]
				Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[225,226]
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link	Fabaceae		Muwiwisi	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Tsotsorinangatra	Stem		Hypertension	Madagascar	[30]
			Cassepiante	Seed	Grilling, Soaking	Hypertension	Mauritius	[113]
						Hypertension	Nigeria	[125]
			Bun Balash/Soreib	Seed	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Sudan	[159,227]
			Bessisan	Seed	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Senna siamea Lam.	Caesalpiniaceae		Cassia, Kenoun	Root/Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Zangarati	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Senna singueana (Del.) Lock	Caesalpiniaceae			Leaf, Stem bark		Diabetes	Burkina Faso	[226]
			Mukengeka	Leaf, Stem Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96,226]
				Leaf, Stem bark		Diabetes	Tanzania	[226]
Solanum americanum	Solanaceae		Mulunda	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Shwiga	Leaf		Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Solanum melongena L.	Solanaceae		Anguive		Cooking	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Nya	Fruit	Cooking as soup	Diabetes	Nigeria	[132]
Solanum nigrum L.	Solanaceae		Makeke	Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
			Managu	Leaf	Infusion	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Munafoqow	Whole plant	Boiling	Cardiac complaints	Somalia	[212]
Spondias mombin L.	Anacardiaceae	Hog plum	Egui iwewe, Akikontin	Leaf, Bark, Root, Fruit	Powder, Maceration, Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Stem bark, Root		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
			Aklicon	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Sida acuta	Malvaceae	Broom weed, Horn bean	Mudundu	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Aihenmmwin, Iseketu	Leaf, Stem	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,126]
Sida rhombifolia L.	Malvaceae		Zimben, Ndjicje	Leaf	Paste, Maceration	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60,228]
				Leaf	Maceration	Hypertension	DR Congo	[228]
Solanum incanum L.	Solanaceae	Poison berry	Tangalanga	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Heart ache	Cameroon	[56,59]
			Uengule	Fruit	Boiling	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Mukondu, Mutungu	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
Solanum lycopersicum L.	Solanaceae	Tomato	Tomato	Leaf	Maceration, Filtration	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
				Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Pomme d’amour	Fruit	Juice	Cardiovascular disease	Mauritius	[113]
			Tumatur		Eat fruit	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Timati			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Solanum tuberosum L.	Solanaceae					Diabetes	Cameroon	[59]
			Pomme de terre	Tuber	Juice	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
Sonchus oleraceus L.	Compositae		Muthunga	Leaf	Chewing, Boiling	Diabetes	Kenya	[98]
			Epinard	Leaf	Juice	High Cholesterol level	Mauritius	[113]
Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv.	Bignoniaceae		Cifulula, Langalanga, Mbalimbali	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Tulipier du Gabon	Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
Stachytarpheta angustifolia	Verbenaceae		Iru alangba	Leaf, Whole plant		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
			Tchoumboulouzou			Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst.	Apiaceae	Carrot tree	Mewets denagl	Leaf, Seed	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Muvuavui	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Omuwanula	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Uganda	[31]
Sterculia setigera Delile	Malvaceae		Akporo, Azilokoue	Bark	Decoction, Maceration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Pumpugga	Stem bark	Decoction	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Pulp, Gum		Heart trouble	Togo	[229]
Stereospermum kunthianum Cham.	Bignoniaceae		Hounsadii	Bark		Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth.	Orobanchaceae		Ki-waogo	Whole plant	Juice	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Boda, Al-buda	Aerial part, Whole plant	Maceration	Diabetes	Sudan	[156,159]
Strophanthus hispidus DC.	Apocynaceae		Chaaro, Adikoun	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Getsele, Ndegle	Root		Heart conditions	Guinea-Bissau	[94]
Strychnos henninggsii Gilg.	Loganiaceae	Red bitter berry, Coffee hard pear, Coffee- bean Strychnos, Hard pear	Muteta	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Umanana, Bosolienhout, Muramba-kolodza	Bark	Powder	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Strychnos pungens Soler.	Loganiaceae		Mukome	Leaf, Fruit, Root		Heart pains	Tanzania	[166]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Strychnos spinosa Lam.	Loganiaceae		Katinpoaga	Leaf	Powder	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Sansa, Kisongole	Bark, Root		Diabetes	DR Congo	[69]
			Umm Bekhesa	Fruit	Eaten	Hypertension	Sudan	[159,227]
			Kpengbele			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.	Fabaceae			Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels	Myrtaceae		Telezia	Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
			Jamblon	Leaf, Fruit, Seed	Decoction, Consume ripe Fruits, Juice	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Mudisi, Mzambarau, Black plum, Mzambarau	Seed, Bark, Stem		Diabetes	Tanzania	[166,169]
Syzygium guineense	Myrtaceae		Ko kissa	Bark	Decoction	Hypertension	Mali	[230]
				Leaf		Diabetes	Nigeria	[230]
			Muvengi			Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze	Taccaceae		Ossangni, Zinwohouehe	Bulb, Tuber	Powder, Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Nanitiwou			Diabetes	Togo	[170]
Tamarindus indica L.	Fabaceae	Tamarind tree, Tamarind	Egui ariran, Jevivi	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Pusga	Stem bark	Charred	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Leaf, Root, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Humer	Fruit	Extract	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Dyabbhe	Leaf, Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Guinea	[90,92]
			Kithumula	Fruit, Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Tamarin	Fruit	Juice	Hypertension	Mauritius	[113]
			Tsamiya	Bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Mkwedu, Mkwaju	Leaf, Root	Juice, Decoction	Heart pains	Tanzania	[231]
			Enkoge, Omuhuwa	Fruit pulp	Juice	Hypertension	Uganda	[174]
Tapinanthus globiferus (A.Rich.) Tiegh.	Loranthaceae		Lisua-la-kote	Leaf, Flower	Decoction	Diabetes	Cameroon	[56]
			Afomo, Kauchi	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[124]
Tarchonanthus camphoratus L.	Asteraceae		Galqaddo	Leaf	Soaking, Crushing	Diabetes	Djibouti	[71]
				Root	Cooking	Diabetes	South Africa	[141]
Tephrosia capensis	Fabaceae		Pelo-li-maroba	Root		Heart palpitations/problems	Lesotho	[42]
				Root	Decoction	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Terminalia catappa L.	Combretaceae		Madame, Kalanga ya Wazungu	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Badamier	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Mauritius	[113]
			Yovositi	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Terminalia brownii Fresen.	Combretaceae	Terminalia	Weiba	Stem bark, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Muuuku/Kiuuku	Stem bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Olbukoi	Bark		Hypertension	Tanzania	[166]
Terminalia sericea	Combretaceae	Silver terminalia, Silver cluster leaf	Mogonono	Stem bark	Powder	Diabetes	Botswana	[53]
			Vaalboom, Geelhout, Mususu	Bark		Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
			Mhungweluwala	Stem bark, Root	Powder	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169,231]
Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) Taub.	Fabaceae	Ring worm bush	Aidan, Lindja	Fruit, Clove	Decoction, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Ndjapa, Nkwon, Sasas, Akpwa, Esesse	Bark	Maceration, Decoction	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
			Gyaga	Seed, Leaf, Stem Bark, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Prekese	Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Ghana	[35]
			Uhiokiriho, Asuwon	Fruit	Decoction	Cardiovascular activities, Diabetes	Nigeria	[126,187]
Theobroma cacao L.	Malvaceae		Cocoa ahaban	Leaf	Decoction	Hypertension	Ghana	[35,89]
			Coco			Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170]
Tithonia diversifolia	Asteraceae		Cilula	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
			Daisy	Flower, Leaf	Chewing, Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Tetegbe	Whole plant	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Tribulus terrestris L.	Zygophyllaceae		Qumutu Gala	All parts	Concoction	Heart disease	Ethiopia	[79]
			Diraisa	Root	Maceration	Diabetes	Sudan	[159]
Trichilia emetica var. laevicarpa Pellegr.	Meliaceae		Ichin igbe, Chivi	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Kkirs-taanga	Root	Decoction	Obesity	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Umathuzini, Umkhuhlu	Leaf, Fruit, Bark, Stem, Root	Decoction, Poultice	Hypertension	South Africa	[99,153]
			Adjendjegbizou, Adjindjinkpizou	Root	Powder, Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,171]
			Akwirakwir	Root		Heart problem	Uganda	[175]
Trifolium burchellianum	Fabaceae		Moroko	Root		Heart problems	Lesotho	[42]
			Usithathi	Leaf, Stem, Root	Infusion	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Trigonella foenum-graecum L.	Fabaceae	Fenugreek	Abe’ake	Seed	Powder	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Methi	Seed	Decoction, Soaking	Lowering blood sugar level, Diabetes, High Cholesterol level	Mauritius	[113,115]
			Hilba	Seed	Decoction, Dessert	Diabetes	Sudan	[156,157,160]
Tulbaghia acutiloba	Alliaceae		Konofolo/Sefotha-fotha	Whole plant		Hypertension	Lesotho	[42]
			Ishaladi Lezinyoka	Bulb, Flower, Whole plant	Decoction, Infusion	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
Urtica dioica	Urticaceae	Common nettle, Stinging nettle	Chachingi	Leaf	Tincture, Infusion	Diabetes	DR Congo	[67]
					Decoction	Diabetes	Kenya	[95]
				Leaf, Root	Infusion	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Uvaria chamae P.Beauv.	Annonaceae		Yaha, Ayadaha	Root	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Boyle	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Guinea	[90,92]
			Agbana	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Vangueria apiculata K.	Rubiaceae		Kirongomani, Mtigunda	Stem bark, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
			Matugunda	Roots	Decoction	Hypertension	Uganda	[38]
Vangueria infausta	Rubiaceae		Um Tulwa, Umvilo	Leaf, Bark	Infusion, Maceration	Hypertension	South Africa	[99]
			Amabungo, Mabungo	Stem bark, Leaf, Fruit, Seed	Decoction	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Vangueria madagascariensis J.F.Gmel.	Rubiaceae		Vavangue	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Mauritius	[113]
			Kir kir, Soum Eyowm	Fruit, Root	Maceration	Diabetes, Hypertension	Sudan	[156,159]
Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Compositae	Bitter leaf	Aroman, Amanvive	Bulb, Bark, Root, Leaf	Decoction, Powder, Maceration, Trituration	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hyperglycaemia	Cameroon	[45,56,59]
			Kilulukunju, Mubirizi	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	DR Congo	[66,67]
			Grawa	Leaf, Stem Bark	Extract	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Ndole	Leaf	Chewing, Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Oriwo, Ewuro, Etidod	Leaf, Stem, Root	Infusion, Cooked as soup	Diabetes, Hypertension	Nigeria	[34,45,122,123,125,132,134,192]
			Bitter Leaf			Hypertension, Obesity	Sierra Leone	[138]
			Umhlungu-hlungu	Leaf	Pulverization	Diabetes	South Africa	[53]
			Souwaka, Aloma	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,173]
Vernonia colorata	Asteraceae			Leaf, Root		Heart failure	DR Congo	[45]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
				Leaf, Root		Diabetes	South Africa	[45]
				Leaf, Root		Heart failure	Tanzania	[45]
			Ahalizoma	Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Vernonia oligocephala	Asteraceae	Silver leaved vernonia	Umhlungu-hlungu	Leaf, Twig, Root	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	South Africa	[45,53,147]
						Diabetes	Swaziland	[45]
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.	Fabaceae		Benga	Flower	Maceration	Kid obesity, Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Ekoki, Konn, Wonda m’bale, Guin	Leaf	Paste, Maceration	Hypertension	Cameroon	[60]
					Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
Vitex doniana Sweet	Lamiaceae	Black plum		Stem		Hypertension	Mali	[200]
			Dunya	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Fonyi	Leaf, Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot	Apocynaceae		Binse	Root	Decoction	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
			Ondou, Ontueles	Root	Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Igi dodo	Stem		Hypertension	Nigeria	[34]
			Mberebere	Root	Decoction	Spasms of the heart	Tanzania	[231]
Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.	Sapotaceae		Emi, Limoutin	Bark	Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Taanga	Stem bark	Cream	Heart disorders	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Nkuto dua, Nkudua/mankade	Stem bark, Root	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Ghana	[35,89]
			Somou	Stem bark	Decoction, Powder	Diabetes, Hypertension	Togo	[170,171]
Waltheria indica L.	Malvaceae	Sleepy morning	Yankufa	Leaf	Maceration	Diabetes	Nigeria	[128]
			Adoueti	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[173]
Withania somnifera (L.)	Solanaceae	Winter cherry	Agol	Root, Leaf	Root Immersion, Leaf’ juice	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72]
			Mwianzo	Root	Infusion	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Mkubya	Root	Boiling	Diabetes	Tanzania	[169]
Ximenia caffra	Ximeniaceae			Whole plant		Obesity	Swaziland	[232]
				Root		Hypertension	Tanzania	[232]
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.	Annonaceae	African pepper, Ethiopian pepper	Oroun, Kpejelekoun	Fruit	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Mugana	Fruit, Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
			Guile	Leaf, Fruit	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Guinea	[90,92,233]
			Unea, Eru Alomo	Leaf, Root, Fruit, Seed	Decoction	Diabetes; Hypertension	Nigeria	[34,123,233]
				Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	Senegal	[233]
			Souzi	Fruit	Decoction	Diabetes	Togo	[170,233]
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) W.T.Aiton	Apocynaceae	Milk bush, Milkwort, Wild cotton, Wave-leaved xysmalobium	Poho-ts’ehla	Root		Diabetes	Lesotho	[42]
			Bitterhout, Bitterwortel, iShinga	Root	Infusion, Decoction	Diabetes	South Africa	[147]
Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl.	Rutaceae		Mukenea	Stem bark	Decoction, Infusion	Diabetes	Kenya	[96]
			Mulungulungu, Munungu, Oluisuki	Leaf, Bark, Root		Heart pains	Tanzania	[166]
				Root	Maceration	Diabetes	Zambia	[177]
Zea mays L.	Poaceae	Maize	Gbado, Gbade		Decoction	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Bazeuh, Go’o, Fonn, Mbassi, Geufeut	Female flower, ‘Corn beard’	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	Cameroon	[59,60]
			Ndjo, Nkodji	Flowers	Boiling, Filtration	Hypertension	Central African Republic	[64]
			Muhindi, Cigonji	Filaments of Stamens	Decoction	Diabetes, Hypertension	DR Congo	[67]
			Maize, Putu	Fiber, Corn silk, Leaf stigma	Decoction	Diabetes	Gabon	[87,88]
				Seed		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123]
Zingiber officinale Roscoe	Zingiberaceae	Ginger	Atale, Dote	Root	Decoction, Maceration, Powder	Diabetes	Benin	[47]
			Jenjebel, Zingible	Seed, Root	Tea, Powder	Diabetes	Eritrea	[72,74]
			Nungutsi mabala	Rhizome, Root	Maceration	Diabetes	Gabon	[88]
			Gingembre	Root	Infusion	High Cholesterol Level	Mauritius	[113]
			Unien	Rhizome		Hypertension	Nigeria	[123,192]
Ziziphus mistol Griseb.	Rhamnaceae		Mugulga	Root	Decoction	Diabetes	Burkina Faso	[54]
				Leaf	Decoction	Diabetes	Cote d’Ivoire	[70]
			Sdar-lahbyl	Leaf	Powder, Maceration, Infusion	Diabetes, Hypertension	Mauritania	[112]
Ziziphus mucronata Willd	Rhamnaceae	Buffalo-thorn	Kiimes-mugla	Root	Decoction	Obesity	Burkina Faso	[54]
			Motalo, Nceseni, Mokgaloaloe	Leaf, Root	Tea	Diabetes	South Africa	[145,147]
			Mugugunu	Root, Bark		Hypertension	Tanzania	[166]