PROJECT IN MAPEH (HEALTH)

Plants and Their

Medicinal Uses
By: ALIMUSA EUFEMMY
7-SAPPHIRE
Plants Are Known For
Their Uses
Such as:
Ornaments
Building Materials
Writing Materials

And For Great Variety!

Plants are also known
for being a source of
medicines

THIS PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT

TYPES OF PLANTS AND
THEIR MEDICINAL USES
TYPES OF PLANTS
AND THEIR
SCIENTIFIC
NAMES
FLOSS FLOWER
AMERICAN
MARIGOLDS ANNUAL VINCA
FLOSS FLOWER
Ageratum houstonianum,
commonly called floss
flower, is a frost-tender
annual of the aster family
that provides continuous
bloom for beds, gardens or
containers from late
spring to frost.
The plant is used to
treat throat pain or
inflammation in folk
medicine
 AMERICAN MARIGOLDS
Tagetes
In traditional medicine, pot marigold petals
have been made into ointments, extracts, and
infusions and used for a variety of ailments,
including:
Fevers.
Jaundice.
Stomach ulcers.
Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
Liver problems.
Burns and wounds.
To stop bleeding.
 ANNUAL VINCA
(Catharanthus roseus)
They have been used to treat
diabetes, high blood pressure and
have been used as disinfectants.
The vinca alkaloids are also
important for being cancer
fighters.
TYPES OF PLANTS
AND THEIR
SCIENTIFIC
NAMES
BLACK-EYED
SUSAN

CALADIUM CANNA LILY

 BLACK-EYED SUSAN
Rudbeckia
In some Native American herbal medicines, an
infusion of the black eyed susan roots have
been used to treat cold, dropsy, and worms in
children. This mixture has also been used for
sores and snake bites, while the liquid within
the roots has been used as earache drops.
 CALADIUM

Many parts of the plant have been

used in traditional medicine to
manage conditions such as
convulsion in children, facial
paralysis, tumours, sore throats,
toothache, constipation, wounds, flu
symptoms, as an antiseptic, emetic,
laxative and insecticid.
Canna
Canna can be used to
treat menstrual pains.
CANNA LILY
The root can be used to
treat gonorrhea and
amenorrhoea. In
Nigeria, people turn the
root into a powder and
ingest it to treat
diarrhea and dysentery.
They also use the
flowers as a medicine
for malaria.