Eight common South African plant fungal pathogens were
chosen to test for the fungitoxic properties of the plant
extracts. These pathogens included the mitosporic fungi
Aspergillus niger Tiegh., Botrytis cinerea Pers.: Fr.,
Colletotrichum acutatum J.H. Simmonds, Fusarium oxysporum
Schlechtend.: Fr., a Phoma species. Sacc., Rhizoctonia
solani Kühn and Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. as well as
Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands (Chromista: Oomycetes).