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

Table 2

Ecological status of plants used in the management of sickle cell disease in Kikwit.

Plant species	HT	MT	BT	PD
Justicia secunda Vahl	Cult	Vh	Nph	Pan
Rungia grandis T. Ander	Fo	Vh	Ch	Pan
Alternanthera bettzickiana repens (L.) Link	Cult	Ah	Nph	Pan
Annona senegalensis Pers.	Sav	Sh	Mcph	AT
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.	Cult ssp	T	Mgph	Pan
Carica papaya L.	Cult	T	Mcph	Pan
Alchornea cordifolia Müll. Arg.	Fo	Sh	Mcph	AT
Bridelia ferruginea Benth.	Sav	Sh	Mcph	GCZ
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Welp.	Cult	Ah	Th	AT
Millettia laurentii De Wild	Fo	T	Mgph	BGC
Hypoxis angustifolia Lam.	Cult	Ph	G	Pan
Leocus africanus (Bak. ex. Elliot) J. K. Morton	Sav,	Ssh	Mcph	GC
Dissotis brazzae Cogn.	Rud	Ssh	Th	Pan
Albizia ferruginea (Guill. et Piero) Benth.	Sav	T	Msph	GC
Treculia africana Decne	Fo	T	Msph	Pan
Ficus asperifolia Müg	Fo	Ssh	Lph	BGC
Ficus tremula Warb.	Fo	Sh	Mcph	GC
Bougainvillea sp comm. Ex Juss	Cult	Sh	Lph	Pan
Hymenocardia acida Tul	Sav	Sh	Mcph	AT
Gardenia leopoldiana De Wild & T. Durand	Fo	Sh	Mcph	AT
Morelia senegalensis A. Rich. Ex DC	Fo	Sh	Mcph	Pan
Stipularia africana P. Beauv.	Fal	Ssh	Mcph	Pan
Sterculia bequaertii De Wild	Fo	T	Mgph	GC

HT: habit types, MT: morphological types, BT: biotope types, PD: phytogeographical distribution, Cult: cultured, Cult ssp: subspontaneous cultured, Fo: forest, Fal: fallow, Rud: ruderal, T: tree, Sh: shrub, Ssh: subshrub, Ah: annual herb, Vh: vivace herb, Ph: perennial herb, PsPh: mesophanerophytes, McPh: microphanerophytes, NPh: nanophanerophytes, Ch: chamaephytes, Th: therophytes, G: geophytes, AT: Afro-tropical, BGC: Bas-Guinea-Congolese, GC: Guinea-Congolese, GCZ: Guinea-Congolese-Zambezean, and Pan: pantropical.