Table 2 Different plant organs used, processing methods, forms of uses, purpose of use and fidelity level (FL) of uses of Sclerocarya birrea per study zone

Malaria

46.43

3.90

Stomach-ache

23.81*

35.06*

Soak in cold water

Drink the liquid

Diarrhoea

11.90*

14.29*

Bark

Medicine

or

Haemorrhoids

5.95*

10.39

Boil in water as infusion

Cough and tuberculosis

5.95*

10.39*

Diabetes

5.91

-

Rinse the mouth

Tooth ache

10.9

-

Take a bath

Fortify infants

11.42

-

Dry and reduce in powder

Sprinkle wounds

Wound healing

10.71

38.96

Medicine

Boil in water as infusion or pound fresh

Wash the injured person or put pounded leaves in wounds

Human and animal wound healing

14.29

11.69

Leaves

Harvest young leaves and recuperate the sap

Put the sap on eyes

Sore eyes

28.57

-

Food

Boil young leaves and mix with seasoning (dried peanut extract, red pepper, salt and other)

Eat in form of "leaf bundle"

Human nutrition

55.95

-

Pound leaves with millet and transform in porridge

Drink the porridge

Milk production stimulation for nursing women

30.95 (100 for women)

1.30

Pastoral

Harvest the leaves from trees

Give fresh leaves for cattle as forage

Cattle care

79.76

46.75

Fruits

Food

Remove the flesh or make a hole on fruit and extract juice

Eat

Drink juice

Human and animal nutrition

100*

96.10*

Medicine

Fresh fruit

Rub the fruit juice against the body

Stop itching or insect bite

8.33

-

Kernels

Food

Open the pit using rocks as hammer and anvil

Snack food

Human nutrition

100

49.35

Firewood

Collect dried wood

Fire wood

Home-use

67.86

87.01

Wood

Carving for agricultural tools

Hand tools, wheels of plough

Home-use

60.71

-

Carving

Carving for cultural and home use purposes

Pestles, mortars, drums, stools, rosary, bowls, spoons, and canoes (large trees)

Home-use

94.05

54.55

Roots

Medicine

Swelling and gonococci healing

17.86

2.60