Fig 1.
Selected district municipalities (Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala) in the North West Province, South Africa.
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Table 1.
Selected study sites (villages and towns) in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa.
Table 2.
Demography of the participants with knowledge on child-related diseases in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa (n = 101).
Fig 2.
Frequency of plant families used to manage and treat childhood diseases in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa.
Table 3.
Ethno-botanical information on plants used for the treatment and management of childhood diseases and general well-being in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa.
Table 4.
Childhood diseases based on categories and informant consensus factor (ICF) in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa.
Fig 3.
Distribution (%) of medicinal plant parts used to manage and treat childhood diseases in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa (n = 92).
Fig 4.
The range of childhood diseases treated and managed by the participants in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa.
Table 5.
Plant combinations used for treating childhood diseases in Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala districts of North West Province, South Africa.