Name of Plants

Local names

Medicinal uses

Alchornea laxiflora

Pepe, Ijan

Leaves for pile; roots boiled as blood tonic

Dracaena fragrans

Peregun

Leaves for high fever

Cola milleni

Obi edun

Boosting sperm cells

Mormordica charantia

Ejinrin

Leaves for pile, stomachache

Morinda lucida

Oruwo

Leaves as antimalarial

Lonchocarpus cyanescens

Elu

For treating pile; also for treating yaws, leprosy and skin diseases.

Ceiba petandra

Araba

Reliefs of Dysmenorrhea

Grewia carpinnifolia

Itakunokere

Boosting sperm count

Milicia excelsia

Iroko

Bark as antimalarial

Rauvolfia vomitora

Asofeyeje

Bark for diabetic and malaria; as sedative and treating menstrual disorder.

Anchomanes difformis

Ogiriisako

Tubers for treating measles, cough

Olax subscorpioidea

Ifon

Stem for treating tooth decay

Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides

Ata

For treating tooth ache