Table 1

Plant families with number of species recorded in Sekenani and number of species with traditional use.

Plant family
Species found
Species used

Acanthaceae
11
2
Adianthaceae
2
1
Aizoaceae
1
1
Amaranthaceae
4
1
Anacardiaceae
2
2
Anthericaceae
1
1
Apocynaceae
3
2
Asclepiadaceae
2
2
Asparagaceae
2
2
Asphodelaceae
1
1
Aspleniaceae
1
0
Asteraceae
12
4
Canellaceae
1
1
Capparidaceae
2
1
Combretaceae
1
1
Commelinaceae
3
3
Commiphoraceae
1
0
Convolvulaceae
4
1
Crassulaceae
2
2
Cucurbitaceae
1
0
Cyperaceae
11
11
Dryopteridaceae
3
2
Ebenaceae
1
1
Euphorbiaceae
7
5
Fabaceae
9
6
Hyacinthaceae
1
1
Hypoxidaceae
1
1
Lamiaceae
6
3
Liliaceae
1
1
Loranthaceae
2
2
Malvaceae
3
3
Meliaceaea
1
0
Menispermaceae
1
1
Mimosaceae
3
3
Moraceae
1
0
Ochnaceae
1
1
Olacaceae
1
1
Oleaceae
1
1
Plumbaginaceae
1
1
Poaceae
12
12
Polygonaceae
1
1
Rhamnaceae
1
0
Rubiaceae
4
3
Rutaceae
3
3
Santalaceae
1
1
Sapindaceae
3
1
Scrophulariaceae
3
2
Solanaceae
1
1
Sterculiaceae
1
1
Tiliaceae
4
4
Verbenaceae
1
1
Vitaceae
2
2
Unidentified (indet.)
6
5

Bussmann et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2006 2:22   doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-22