| Species name | Family | Common Name | Local Name | Compound | ID No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziziphus mucronata Willd | Rhamnaceae | English buffalo thorn; Cape Thorn. French jujubier glabre (Roberty) | Magaryar Kura (Hausa, Nigeria), Dabi fauru (Fula-Pulaar, Senegal). | 2 | NMP-221 |
| Zingiber officinale | Zingiberaceae | Ginger, Garden Ginger, True Ginger | Citta (Hausa, Nigeria), Ata-ile (Yoruba, Nigeria), Jinja (Igbo, Nigeria), Umuji (Efik, Nigeria), Inji (Tamil,India), Halia (Malay, Malaysia) | 30 | NMP-199 |
| Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides | Rutaceae | Senegal Prickly-Ash, Artar Root, Candlewood, Fagara | Ata, Orin-Ata (Yoruba, Nigeria), Kakane, Fasar Kwari (Hausa, Nigeria), Hewa (Mende, Sierra Leone), Kuile (Fula, Senegal) | 8 | NMP-198 |