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Table 1 Medicinal plant families in the study area with the corresponding number of genera and species

From: Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District

Families

Number of genera

Number of species

Acanthaceae

2

2

Amaranthaceae

2

2

Amaryllidaceae

1

1

Apocynaceae

2

2

Asparagaceae

1

2

Asteraceae

6

6

Burseraceae

1

1

Cannaceae

1

1

Cannabaceae

1

1

Chenopodiaceae

1

1

Cleomaceae

1

1

Cucurbitaceae

2

2

Discoraceae

1

1

Euphorbiaceae

6

6

Fabaceae

5

5

Hypericaceae

1

1

Lamiaceae

3

3

Malvaceae

1

1

Phyllanthaceae

1

1

Polygonaceae

1

1

Rubiaceae

1

1

Sapindaceae

1

1

Solanaceae

4

5

Verbenaceae

1

1