Research Article

Ethnopharmacological Survey and Antisickling Activity of Plants Used in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Kikwit City, DR Congo

Table 1

Plants used in the management of sickle cell disease in Kikwit.

FamilyPlant speciesVernacular nameUsed partUse valueFCI

AcanthaceaeJusticia secunda Vahl.Matiti ya ba témoins de Jéhovah (Lingala)Leaves3.580.58
Rungia grandis T. AnderBark3.340.55
AmaranthaceaeAlternanthera bettzickiana repens (L.) LinkMatiti ya ba témoins de Jéhovah (Lingala)Leaves5.120.68
AnnonaceaeAnnona senegalensis Pers.Kilolo, nlolo (Kikongo)Leaves4.120.58
BombaceaeCeiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.Kapokier, fromager (French), mfuma (Lingala)Leaves4.000.63
CaricaceaeCarica papaya L.Payipayi (Lingala)Leaves, fruit5.000.68
EuphorbiaceaeAlchornea cordifolia Müll. Arg.Mbunji-mbunji (Lingala), kibunsi (Kikongo)Leaves4.560.7
Bridelia ferruginea Benth.Kimuindu ki nseke (Kikongo)Leaves3.670.72
FabaceaeVigna unguiculata (L.) Welp.Mbwengi (Lingala, Kikongo)Seeds4.340.68
Millettia laurentii De WildKoboto (Kikongo), ntoka (Kikongo), wenge (Lingala)Leaves4.220.62
HypoxidaceaeHypoxis angustifolia Lam.Ditungulu ya mfinda (kikongo), litungulu (Lingala)Bulbs4.000.63
LamiaceaeLeocus africanus (Bak. ex. Elliot) J. K. MortonZangazanga (Kikongo)Bark4.890.65
MelastomataceaeDissotis brazzae Cogn.Mampa ya mfinda (Kikongo)Leaves4.450.67
MimosaceaeAlbizia ferruginea (Guill. et Piero) Benth.Sela (Kikongo)Bark4.220.68
MoraceaeTreculia africana DecneNgungi (Kikongo)Leaves3.780.58
Ficus asperifolia mügKikuya, kuya (Kikongo)Leaves3.890.64
Ficus tremula Warb.Leaves4.340.63
NyctaginaceaeBougainvillea sp comm. ex JussBintuntu ya nzanguka (Kikongo)Leaves4.670.63
PhyllanthaceaeHymenocardia acida TulDikasu, kigete, ngete (Kikongo)Leaves4.670.59
RubiaceaeGardenia leopoldiana De Wild & T. DurandBark4.890.65
Morelia Senegalensis A. Rich. ex DCLeaves4.560.65
Stipularia africana P. Beauv.Leaves4.000.63
SterculiaceaeSterculia bequaertii De WildMvungela mfinda (Kikongo)Seeds3.440.54