Plants for life: - Sacred Seeds Sanctuary

Other medicinal plant species suggested as being of conservation concernSpecies RegionCITES (Appendix) IUCN (2007 categories at Annex 6) BGs Of interestAcacia elatior ssp. elatiorAcacia niloticaAcacia tortilisAcanthopanax gracilistylus (Elutherococcus)Acanthopanax rufinerveAchillea fragrantissimaAcokanthera oppositifoliaAconitum balfouriiAconitum spicatum*Acorus calamusAdansonia digitataAdenia gummiferaAdenia hondalaAdiantum capillus- venerisAdonis vernalisAgeratum conyzoidesAgrimonia eupatoriaAlbizia anthelminticaAlbizia coriariaAlbizia suluensisAlbuca fastigiataAllium stracheyiAloe calidophilaAloe elgonicaAloe linearifoliaAloe secundifloraAloe turkanensisAloysia triphyllaAmsonia ellipticaAnabasis ophyilaAnemarrhena asphodeloidesAnogeissus leiocarpaAnsellia africanaAquilaria crassnaAquilaria malaccensisAquilaria sinensisAralia continentalisArctostaphylos uva-ursiAriocarpus bravoanusAriocarpus kotschoubeyanusArisaema convolutumArisaema peninsulae*Aristolochia tuberosa*Arnebia benthamiArnica montanaArtemisia albaArtemisia siberiArum spp.Asarum balansaeAsarum heterotropoides var. seoulenseAfricatropical Africa, natur.IndiaAfrica and Middle EastVietnamKoreaArabian peninsulaTropical, E and S AfricaHimalayaChina, India, Nepal, Bhutantemperate North; from India to New Guineatropical AfricaSouth Africasouthern IndiaEuropeC and S Europetropical America, now pan-tropicEuropetropical and southern AfricaN and C AfricaSouth AfricaSouth Africawestern Himalayatropical Africatropical AfricaSouth Africatropical Africatropical AfricaSouth AmericaJapan, Chin, KoreaEuropeN.China and Japantropical AfricaSouth AfricaVietnamIndonesia and MalaysiaSouth China and Hong KongW and N China, Korea, SiberiaN.America, N.Euope, N.AsiaMexicoMexicoAsiaAsiaVietnamwestern HimalayaC and N EuropeEuropePalestineEuropeVietnamE Asia, N JapanIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1997 Indeterminate2006 VU1997 VU1997 Rare1997 VU2007 CR2007 VU2007 VU2007 VU2007 NT2007 EN016840291257672003717520413121833933220712644250n/a1361753625041100important tanbark and gum arabic substitutedigitalin-like, used as arrow poisonpoisonous and drug source including cough medicinesrhizome used in TCM since Hippocrates, found in Tutankahmun's tomb, mentioned in bible, used in Sumatra tokeep evil spirits away from children at nightthe baobab tree, lives up to 2000 years, many med and othe uses, dried fruit rich in citric acids, inner bark usedas rope,outer as cloth, seeds as fuela local 'cure-all'digitalin-likefolk medicine e.g diarrhoea, and insecticide - causes precocious metamorphosis of insectsfolk medicine e.g live disease, source of yellow dyefragrant sedative tea also used extensively as a cheap lemon flavouring/scent for washing up liquid, lemon sherbertchewing sticks, vermifuge for stock, termite-proof wood, source of yellow dyeused in tanning, in smoking mixtures, as urinary antisepticslow growingslow growingIIPlants for life: Medicinal plant conservation and botanic gardens 37