Table 2.

medicinal plants species used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Ksar elkebir region (Morocco)

Family name	Species	Vernacular name	Part used	Mode of preparation	RFC (%)
Alliaceae	Allium cepa l	Besla	Bulb	Raw	3,2
Amaranthaceae	Chenopodium ambrosioides l	Mkhinza	Leaves	Mac	2.4
Amaryllidaceae	Allium sativum l	Touma	Bulb	Raw	5.6
Apiaceae	Coriandrum sativum l	Lkasbour	Steam/Leave	Mac	4.8
Apiaceae	Petroselinum crispum l	Maadnous	Steam/leave	Dec	2,4
Apocynaceae	Caralluma europaea l	Deghmous	Arial part	Inf	1.6
Asteraceae	Artemisia absinthium l	Chiba	Steam/leave	Dec/Inf	3.2
Asteraceae	Inula viscosa l	Tarahla	Steam/fruit	Inf	0,4
Brassicaceae	Lepidium sativum l	Habbrchad	Seeds	Inf	0.8
Cactaceae	Opuntia ficus-indica l	Lhndiya	Steam/flower	Dec/pow	1,6
Cucurbitaceae	Cucumis sativus l	Lkhyar	Fruit	Raw	2.4
Fabaceae	Trigonella foenum graecum l	Lhalba	Seeds	Dec/pow	12
Fabaceae	Medicago sativa l	Fessa	Seeds	Pow	0.4
Fagaceae	Quercus l	Ballout	Fruit	Raw	0.4
Lamiaceae	Origanum compactum benth	Zaatar	Leaves	Inf	8,0
Lamiaceae	Salvia officinalis L.	Salmiya	Leaves	Dec/Inf	8.0
Lamiaceae	Rosmarinus officinalis l	Azir	Stem/leaves	Dec/Inf	1.2
Lauraceae	Laurus nobilis l	Orakmossa	Leaves	Inf	2.0
Lauraceae	Cinnamomum verum l	Elkerfa	Bark	Inf/dec	3.2
Linaceae	Linum usitatissimum l	Zriat elktan	Seeds	Pow	4.0
Lythraceae	Punica granatum l	Roman	Bark	Dec	2.0
Malvaceae	Abelmoschus esculentus l	Mloukhiya	Fruit	Raw/Mac	0,8
Moraceae	Ficus carica l	Lkarmous	Leaves	Mac	0,8
Oleaceae	Olea europaea l	Zitoun	Leaves	Dec	14.4
Ranunculaceae	Nigella sativa l	Haba souda	Fruit	Dec	4.0
Rhamnaceae	Ziziphus lotus l	Nbeg	Leaves	Dec/pow	0.4
Rosaceae	Prunus dulcis l	Louz	Seeds	Raw	1.6
Sapotaceae	Argania spinosa l.	Argan	Fruit	Dec	0.8
Verbenaceae	Verbena officinalis l	Louiza	Leaves	Inf	3.2

RFC: relative frequency of citation, Mac: maceration, Dec: decoction, Inf: infusion, Pow: powder