Candidate Anti-COVID-19 Medicinal Plants from Ethiopia: A Review of Plants Traditionally Used to Treat Viral Diseases

Table 2

Family and species groups of the reviewed medicinal plants.

No.	Family	Species per family		Medicinal plants per family
		No. (%)	Rank	No. (%)	Rank
1.	Fabaceae	8 (7.2)	1	9 (5.6)	3
2.	Lamiaceae	6 (5.4)	2	9 (5.6)	3
3.	Alliaceae	2 (1.8)		8 (4.9)	4
4.	Phytolaccaceae	1 (0.9)		8 (4.9)	4
5.	Acanthaceae	3 (2.73)	4	7 (4.3)	5
6.	Myrtaceae	2 (1.8)		6 (3.7)	6
7.	Zingiberaceae	2 (1.8)		6 (3.7)	6
8.	Asteraceae	5 (4.5)	3	5 (3.09)	7
9.	Moraceae	3 (2.73)	4	5 (3.09)	7
10.	Anacardiaceae	3 (2.73)	4	4 (2.5)	8
11.	Apiaceae	3 (2.73)	4	3 (1.85)
12.	Cucurbitaceae	3 (2.73)	4	3 (1.85)
13.	Meliaceae	3 (2.73)	4	3 (1.85)
14.	Oleaceae	3 (2.73)	4	3 (1.85)
15.	Rutaceae	3 (2.73)	4	3 (1.85)
16.	Vitaceae	3 (2.73)	4	3 (1.85)
17.	Apocynaceae	2 (1.8)		3 (1.85)
18.	Ranunculaceae	2 (1.8)		3 (1.85)
19.	Amaranthaceae	2 (1.8)		2 (1.23)
20.	Asclepiadaceae	2 (1.8)		2 (1.23)
21.	Poaceae	2 (1.8)		2 (1.23)
22.	Podocarpaceae	2 (1.8)		2 (1.23)
23.	Polygonaceae	2 (1.8)		2 (1.23)
24.	Rosaceae	2 (1.8)		2 (1.23)
25.	Caricaceae	1 (0.9)		2 (1.23)
26.	Musaceae	1 (0.9)		2 (1.23)
27.	Papaveraceae	1 (0.9)		2 (1.23)
28.	Santalaceae	1 (0.9)		2 (1.23)
29.	Simaroubaceae	1 (0.9)		2 (1.23)
30.	Theaceae	1 (0.9)		2 (1.23)
31.	Solanaceae	6 (5.4)^∗2		12 (7.41)	1
32.	Euphorbiaceae	5 (4.5)^∗3		11 (6.8)	2
33.	Aloaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
34.	Amaryllidaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
35.	Araliaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
36.	Boraginaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
37.	Brassicaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
38.	Canellaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
39.	Combretaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
40.	Dipsacaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
41.	Lobeliaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
42.	Melianthaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
43.	Menispermaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
44.	Moringaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
45.	Myricaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
46.	Oliniaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
47.	Pedaliaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
48.	Piperaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
49.	Plantaginaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
50.	Polygalaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
51.	Rhamnaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
52.	Rubiaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
53.	Salicaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
54.	Sapindaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
55.	Scrophulariaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
56.	Tiliaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
57.	Trymalaceae	1 (0.9)		1 (0.6)
	Total	111		162