Table 2. Validation of plants used for reproductive problems in Trinidad and Tobago
Scientific name
|
Common name
|
Use
|
Validation
|
Abelmoschus moschatus
|
Gumbo musque
|
Female complaints, remove placenta
|
2
|
Achyranthes indica
|
Man better man
|
Female complaints
|
3
|
Ageratum conyzoides
|
Z’herbe á femme
|
Prostate Womens' complaints
|
2
|
Ambrosia cumanenesis
|
Altamis
|
Inflammation, abortion, Menstrual pain
|
2
|
Aristolochia rugosa, Aristolochia trilobata
|
Mat root, anico
|
Remove placenta, abortion, menstrual pain
|
2
|
Artemisia absinthium
|
Wormwood
|
Female complaints
|
2
|
Brownea latifolia
|
Cooper hoop
|
Female complaints
|
More data needed
|
Capraria biflora
|
Du thé pays
|
Menstrual pain
|
More data needed
|
Catharanthus roseus
|
White Periwinkle
|
'Man's disease'
|
More data
|
Chamaesyce hirta
|
Malomay
|
Infertility
|
3 diuretic
|
Clusea rosea
|
Matapal
|
Bark belt for man's waist pain
|
More data needed
|
Cocos nucifera
|
Coconut
|
Abortion
|
2
|
Cola nitida
|
Obie seed
|
Infertility
|
More data
|
Coleus aromaticus
|
Spanish thyme
|
Shorten labour
|
3
|
Commelina elegans
|
Water grass
|
Douche
|
2
|
Cordia curassavica
|
Black sage
|
Menstrual pain
|
2
|
Croton gossypifolius
|
Bois sang
|
Menstrual pain
|
2
|
Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita maxima
|
Pumpkin
|
Prostate problems
|
2
|
Desmodium canum
|
Sweet heart bush
|
Venereal diseases
|
2
|
Eleutherine bulbosa
|
Dragon blood
|
Female complaints
|
2
|
Entada polystachya
|
Mayoc chapelle
|
Menstrual pain
|
More data
|
Eryngium foetidum
|
Chadron bénée
|
Menstrual pain, remove placenta, shorten labour
|
More data needed
|
Eupatorium macrophyllum
|
Z’herbe chatte
|
Womens' complaints
|
2
|
Gomphrena globosa
|
Bachelor button
|
Prostate problems
|
More data
|
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
|
Hibiscus
|
Female complaints
|
3
|
Justicia pectoralis
|
Carpenter grass
|
Prostate problems
|
2
|
Justicia secunda
|
St. John's bush
|
Womens' complaints
|
2
|
Laportea aestuans
|
Red stinging nettle
|
Shorten labour
|
More data
|
Leonotis nepetaefolia
|
Shandileer
|
Menstrual pain
|
More data
|
Mimosa pudica
|
Mese marie
|
Childbirth
|
2
|
Nopalea cochinellifera
|
Rachette
|
Menopause, hot flashes
|
2
|
Parinari campestris
|
Bois bandé
|
Erectile dysfunction
|
2
|
Parthenium hysterophorus
|
White head broom
|
Womens' complaints
|
3 pain
|
Pilea microphylla
|
Du thé bethelmay
|
Inflammation, womb cleanser
|
2
|
Richeria grandis
|
Bois bandé
|
Erectile dysfunction
|
2
|
Ruta graveolens
|
Ruda
|
Childbirth, carminative, menstrual pain, cold in womb
|
3
|
Scoparia dulcis
|
Sweet broom
|
Prostate
|
2
|
Urena sinuata
|
Patte chien
|
Man's waist pain
|
2
|
Vetiveria zizanioides
|
Vetivert
|
Shorten labour
|
2
|
Wedelia trilobata
|
Venven caribe
|
Womens' complaints
|
2
| |