Research Article

Toxicological Characterization of Ten Medicinal Plants of the Beninese Flora Used in the Traditional Treatment of Diarrheal Diseases

Table 1

Information about in the selected medicinal plants.

Identification numberScientific nameBotanical familyUsed partCollection area (municipality)Collection period

YH 434/HNBAnacardium occidentale L.AnacardiaceaeLeavesAbomey-CalaviJuly 2020
YH 436/HNBDaniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & DalzielLeguminosaeLeavesToffoJuly 2020
YH 438/HNBDiospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A. DC.EbenaceaeLeavesToffoJuly 2020
YH 435/HNBKhaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss.MeliaceaeBarkAbomey-CalaviJuly 2020
YH 442/HNBManihot esculenta CrantzEuphorbiaceaeLeavesAbomey-CalaviJuly 2020
YH 437/HNBOcimum gratissimum L.LamiaceaeLeavesAbomey-CalaviJuly 2020
YH 440/HNBPterocarpus erinaceus Poir.EuphorbiaceaeLeavesToffoJuly 2020
YH 441/HNBRauvolfia vomitoria Afzel.ApocynaceaeLeavesPorto-novoAugust 2020
YH 432/HNBSenna italica Mill.LeguminosaeLeavesTanguietaJuly 2020
YH 439/HNBVernonia amygdalina DelileAsteraceaeLeavesAbomey-CalaviJuly 2020