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1. Acacia pennatula
Medium sized tree with long, pinnately compound leaves and very small leaflets, giving a feather-like appearance.
Medicinal Value: Cytotoxic activity against human tumor cells (shows selectivity towards cancer over healthy cells).
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2. Acacia senegal senegal
Small tree with "shrubby" appearance and having short, pinnately-compound leaves subtended by a pair of curved, dark brown spines.
Medicinal Value: Bark, when chewed, exhibits antimicrobial activity.
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3. Acacia victoriae
Small tree with simple, strap-shaped leaves subtended by straight, reddish-brown spines.
Medicinal Value: Potent anti-tumor properties regulating cell cycles.
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4. Acacia visco
Medium-sized tree with pinnately-compound leaves and shaggy, greyish-brown bark.
Medicinal Value: Methanolic extract with anti-ulcerous activity.
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5. Acacia xanthophloea
Large tree with shorter, pinnately compound leaves and a yellowish powder covering the bark.
Medicinal Value: Antimalarial.
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6. Aloe ferox
Large Aloe with short spines along the leaf margins as well as scattered across the leaf surfaces.
Medicinal Value: Leaf gel has antioxidant, antifungal and antimicrobial components. Aqueous extracts have anti-viral effects.
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7. Caesalpinia gilliesii
Small shrub with large, pinnately-compound leaves and yellow flowers with long, red stamen.
Medicinal Value: Anti-tumor properties.
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8. Citrus x paradisi
Medium sized tree with wide, elliptic leaves and grapefruits when in fruit.
Medicinal Value: Aromatherapy massage reduces abdominal subcutaneous fat. Grapefruit juice prevents oxidative stress by raising liver antioxidant enzymes.
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9. Cupressus sempervirens
Tall conifer with a narrow, columnar growth habit.
Medicinal Value: Antimicrobial.
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10. Dichrostachys cinerea
Medium-sized tree with shorter, pinnately compound leaves.
Medicinal Value: Antibacterial; roots are astringent, used in rheumatism and renal troubles.
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11. Eucalyptus torquata
Tall tree with smooth, light reddish-brown bark and bluish-green, lanceolate-shaped leaves.
Medicinal Value: Antimicrobial and antitumor properties.
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12. Ficus carica
Small tree with large, palmately-lobed leaves and figs when in fruit.
Medicinal Value: Anti-helminthic, antitumorigenic. Fruits are antioxidant.
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13. Jacaranda mimosifolia
Tall tree with large, pinnately compound leaves and large purple flowers, when flowering.
Medicinal Value: Antimicrobial.
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14. Laurus nobilis
Small, young tree with leathery, elliptic leaves.
Medicinal Value: Essential oil is an analgesic and anti-inflammatory. MRSA-resistant compounds found. Cytotoxic activity.
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15. Melaleuca leucadendra
Small tree with "shrubby" appearance and narrow, lanceolate-shaped leaves.
Medicinal Value: Useful for severe headaches.
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16. Moringa oleifera
Medium to tall tree with pinnately-compound leaves comprised of roundish leaflets.
Medicinal Value: Essential oil is antifungal. Powerful antioxidant; radical scavenging activity protects LDL from oxidation.
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17. Parthenium sp.
Small shrub with simple, fuzzy, slightly lobed leaves.
Medicinal Value: Antitumor.
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18. Plumeria rubra
Small tree with large, elliptic-shaped leaves and beautiful cream and yellow flowers when flowering.
Medicinal Value: Anti HIV, inhibitor of RNA tumor-virus transference.
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19. Podocarpus macrophyllus
Medium sized tree with "shrubby" appearance and narrow, lanceolate-shaped leaves which are spirally arranged around the branches.
Medicinal Value: Prevents enzyme involved in causing human skin cancer.
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20. Punica granatum
Small to medium sized tree with simple leaves and pomegranates when in fruit.
Medicinal Value: Chemopreventive on skin tumor. Male flowers aqueousethnolic extract lowers blood glucose. Other anti-inflammatory effects, including interfering with tumor cell proliferation.
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21. Quercus ilex
Medium sized tree with simple, leathery, elliptic-shaped leaves and acorns when in fruit.
Medicinal Value: Bark has antibacterial activity. Aqueous extract made from root bark reduces gastric lesions.
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22. Solanum erianthum
Small shrub with large, fuzzy, elliptic leaves which are alternately arranged along the branches.
Medicinal Value: Anti-malarial.
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23. Tabebuia chrysotricha
Medium sized tree with dark green, palmately-compound leaves and new growth covered in a golden pubescence.
Medicinal Value: Analgesic properties.
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24. Taxodium mucronatum
Small to medium sized conifer with soft, needle-like leaves and older branches with a drooping appearance.
Medicinal Value: Prevents Cathepsin B production which has been implicated in arthritis and certain cancers.
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