**2.3** *Elaeis guineensis*

 *E. guineensis* Jacq (Arecaceae), popularly known as oil palm is a monocotyledonous plant which belongs to the coccoid group of palms. It grows up to 15 m high with a lifetime of over 100 years and occurs throughout the tropical rainforest belt of West Africa [21]. *E. guineensis* is commonly used for treating gonorrhea, rheumatism, headache, wounds [22]. An *in vitro* anti-plasmodial assay revealed that, the ethanolic extract of *E. guineensis* leaves has potent antimalarial activity with IC50 of 1.195 μg/mL, against chloroquine-resistant *P. falciparum* [20]*.* 
