Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor

Used in preparing beverages

Oct – Feb

ROOTS

Corynanthe pachycerus

Corynanthe pachycerus

As psychoactive

Oct – Feb

Penianthu

Penianthus zenkeri

As chewing sticks

Oct – Feb

Paullina pinnata

As an aphrodisiac

Year round

Cryptolepis

Cryptolepis sanguinolenta

Cryptolepine

Used for anti-malaria treatment

Feb-Apr, Jul-Aug

Mondia

Mondia whitei

Isovanillin

For food flavoring agent

Year round

Horsewood

Clausena anisata

As chewing sticks

Oct – Feb

Senegal prickly-ash

Xanthoxylum Zanthoxyloides

As an antimalarial

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

arrow poison’

Strophanthus hispidus

In small doses it increases arterial tension

Oct – Feb

Rauvolfia

Rauvolfia vomitoria

Reserpine

Used as aphrodisiac & antispasmodic

Jul- Sept, Jan - Mar

WHOLE PLANT (LEAVES)

Lippia

Lippia multiflora

Verbascoside
Derhaamnosylverbascoside
Isoverbascoside
Isonuomioside A
Calceolarioside E

Used as herbal infusion, stress relief

May - Sept

Amor seco

Desmodium adscendens

For treating asthma and allergies; for respiratory problems

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

Ocimum

Ocimum gratissimum

It has an antimicrobial activities

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

Asthma weed

Euphorbia hirta

For the treatment of enzema

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

Mitragyna stipulosa

Mitragyna stipulosa

Rotundifoline, Uncaria-like alkaloids rhynchophylline

As an anaesthetic

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

False abura

Mitragyna inermis

gastrointestinal disorders, pain-killers, arthritis, rheumatism

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

Orange bird berry

Hoslundia opposita

a-copaene 

General. Agri-horticulture: fodder; Phytochemistry: aromatic substances

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

Guajava

Cassia alata

Has an antibacterial potency, antifungal activity

Feb-May, Aug - Oct

Combretum micranthum

Combretum micranthum

Agri-horticulture, Drink, Food, Medicines, Phytochemistry

May - Sept