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Table 1 Crude extracts exhibiting 100% mortality during preliminary laboratory trials

From: Screening of selected ethnomedicinal plants from South Africa for larvicidal activity against the mosquito Anopheles arabiensis

Family

Plant species

Voucher number

Plant part

Extraction

Mortality time (hours)

Araliaceae

Cussonia spicata Thunb.

EN00867

Fruit

DCM

72

Asphodeleace

Aloe greatheadii Schönland var. davyana (Schönland) Glen & D.S.Hardy

EN00021

Leaves and twigs

DCM

120

Asteraceae

Litogyne gariepina (DC.) Anderb.

EN00213

Roots

DCM

96

 

Pentzia globosa Less.

EN00506

Leaves

Water

48

 

Psiadia punctulata (DC.) Oliv. & Hiern ex Vatke

BP00278

Leaves

DCM

144

 

Vernonia natalensis Oliv. & Hiern

EN00331

Whole plant

Water

48

Capparaceae

Capparis tomentosa Lam.

EN00222

Stems

Water

24

 

Capparis tomentosa Lam.

EN00222

Leaves

Water

48

Ebenaceae

Euclea natalensis A.DC.

EN00760

Roots

DCM

48

 

Euclea natalensis A.DC.

EN00760

Stems

DCM

96

Euphorbiaceae

*Ricinus communis L.

EN00768

Fruit

DCM

48

Fabaceae

Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire

MM00019

Stems

DCM

24

 

Pterocarpus angolensis DC.

EN00083

Roots

Water

48

 

Pterocarpus angolensis DC.

EN00083

Roots

MeOH

144

Lamiaceae

*Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit.

BP00243

Leaves, stems and fruits

Water

48

Olacaceae

Ximenia caffra Sond. var. caffra

EN00110

Roots

Water

48

Phyllanthaceae

Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt

BP00207

Leaves and twigs

Water

24

Plumbaginaceae

Plumbago zeylanica L. (1)

EN00208

Leaves

DCM

48

 

Plumbago zeylanica L. (2)

EN00208

Leaves

DCM

48

Rutaceae

Macrostylis squarrosa Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.

EN00758

Stems

DCM

24

 

Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. (1)

EN00211

Leaves

DCM

72

 

Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. (2)

EN00211

Leaves

DCM

72

Thymelaeaceae

Gnidia cuneata Meisn.

EN00716

Stems

DCM

144

Zingiberaceae

Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt

EN00148

Rhizomes

Ether

72

  1. *exotic to South Africa.