Name of plants

Family

Local name

Uses

Tephrosia vogelii

Fabaceae

Vogeli tephrosia/ Tchieuc

- It controls larval stages of mosquitoes and soft-bodied insects and mites

- Dried leaves protect stored legume seeds from bruchids

Plectranthus barbatus

Lamiaceae

Coleous, makandi

- It is economically important with horticultural, medicinal and food uses and also is used in the antimicrobial activities [19]

Sphaeranthus suaveolens

Asteraceae

Sphaeranthus Indicus (General name)

- Leaves used as traditional medicine as anti-malaria, antibacterial and antifungal agents [20]

- Whole plant is drunk as a cough relaxant [20]

Lantana camara

Verbenaceae

Lantana

- Inhibitory and stimulatory biochemical interactions between plants

- Essential oil of Lantana camara has antibacterial activity against all the bacterial strains [21]