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] |