warburgia ugandensis/cough

The bark of Warburgia salutaris is used in traditional medicine as an expectorant and smoked for coughs and colds, including a topical application for sores and inflammation. A previous screening of South African medicinal plants showed that this plant had promising antibacterial activity.

BACKGROUND Warburgia (Canellaceae) species have a long history of ethnomedicinal uses in east, central and southern Africa. Due to the popularity of Warburgia as a source of ethnomedicines; all the species are severely over-harvested throughout their distributional ranges. OBJECTIVE This review