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Table 1 List of selected plant species

From: Toxicity of six plant extracts and two pyridone alkaloids from Ricinus communis against the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Botanical name

Voucher specimen number

Common name

Family

Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.

SW00021

Wormwood

Asteraceae

Bidens pilosa L.

SW00005

Black jack

Asteraceae

Parthenium hysterophorus L

SW00010

Wild quinine

Asteraceae

Tithonia diversifolia Hemsl.

SW00015

Mexico sunflower

Asteraceae

Ricinus communis L.

SW00013

Castor oil bean

Euphorbiaceae

Senna didymobotrya Fresen

SW00018

African senna

Leguminosae

Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (neem)

SW00023

Mwarubaini

Meliaceae