“…Methanol extract of B. micrantha exhibited a zone of inhibition of 7 to 19 mm against S. aureus and S. typhi respectively [ 74 ]. These documented antibacterial properties of B. micrantha corroborate the traditional uses of the species against bacterial infections such as cough in Cameroon, DRC, Nigeria and Zimbabwe [ 16 , 18 , 21 , 22 , 28 , 32 , 33 ], diarrhoea in Cameroon, DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania [ 2 , 9 , 16 , 22 , 25 , 32 , 36 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ], dysentery in Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Gambia and Nigeria [ 16 , 33 , 36 , 42 , 43 ], sexually transmitted diseases in Guinea-Bissau and Kenya [ 47 , 60 , 63 ], stomach ache in Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania [ 38 , 41 , 47 , 48 , 51 , 60 ], syphilis in Sierra Leone and Uganda [ 61 , 65 ] and venereal diseases in Kenya and South Africa [ 2 , 23 , 25 , 38 ].…”