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Table 2 Medicinal value of parts of H. abyssinica in the study sites

From: Ethnomedicinal uses of Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel. among rural communities of Ethiopia

BALE

Bark

Flower

Root

Leaf

Wood

Fever/cough

Intestinal worms (tape worm)

Stomachache

Diarrhea

Stomachache (reddish color liquid from the sapwood)

Stomachache

For healing wound

 

Typhoid

 

Cold (bronchitis)

Epilepsy*

 

Cough

 

Livestock disease (thin/skinny body)

Evil eye

 

Livestock disease (mixed with Juniperus procera)

 

KOFELE

Bark

Flower

Root

Leaf

Wood

Dermatology

Intestinal worms (tape worm)

Stomachache

Diarrhea

Stomachache (reddish color liquid from the sapwood)

Malaria

Hepatitis*

Severe abdominal pain

Livestock disease

 

Stomachache

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Throat disease

  

Livestock disease

Problems related to Bile

Cancer (mixed with other plants)*

  

DEBARK

Bark

Flower

Root

Leaf/seeds

Wood

Livestock disease

Intestinal worms (tape worm)

Severe stomach pain

For healing injured part (human/livestock)

 
  1. * Information obtained from traditional healers