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Table 4 Comparative review of traditional usages of reported species with previous studies from Sudan

From: Ethnobotanical investigation on medicinal plants in Algoz area (South Kordofan), Sudan

Plant name

Disease treated

Suleiman [18]

EL-Kamali [2]

Koda and Yagi [20]

Musa et al. [19]

El Ghazali et al. [27,28,29,30]

Abrus precatorius

Spleen problems

    

Snake bite1

      

Headache4

Acacia nilotica subsp. adstringens

Stomachache

Cold and flu and pharyngitis

Hypertension

Cough

Phlegmatic cough

Cold and flu3, 4

 

Cold and flu

Tonsillitis

  

Furuncles

Tonsillitis2

 

Wounds

Fever

  

Malaria

 
  

Measles

    
  

Hypertension

    
  

Catarrh

    
  

Antiseptic

    

Acacia oerfota

Back pain

Antirheumatic

 

Tooth cavity

Toothache

Swellings4

 

Swellings

   

Headache

Scorpion sting4

 

Snake bite

   

Snake bite

 
 

Toothache

     

Acacia senegal

Haematuria

Rheumatoid arthritis

 

Giardiasis

Kidney problems

 
 

Toothache

Heartburn

    

Acacia seyal

Rheumatic pain

  

Leprosy

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea2

    

Bleeding

Dysentery

Dysentery2

Acanthorrhinum ramosissimum

Evil eye

     

Adansonia digitata

Giardiasis

Dysentery

Fever

Pain after birth

Malaria

Stomachache4

 

Stomachache

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea

 

Diarrhoea

 
  

Stomachache

  

Dysentery

 
  

Fever

    
  

Kidney stones

 

Diarrhoea

  

Albizia anthelmintica

Anthelmintic

Anthelmintic

Anthelmintic

Anthelmintic

 

Stomachache4

 

Wounds

     
 

Stomachache

     
 

Jaundice

     

Allium sativum

Haemorrhoids

    

Haemorrhoids5

Anastatica hierochuntica

Postpartum

     

Anogeissus leiocarpus

Toothache

Diabetes

  

Cough

Cough1

 

Jaundice

Dysentery

  

Giardiasis

 
 

Malaria

Wound

  

Dysentery

 
  

Urine retention

    
  

Malaria

    

Anticharis senegalensis

Swellings

    

Swellings2

Arachis hypogaea

Bilharzia

  

Scorpion bite

  

Aristolochia bracteolata

Malaria

Malaria

Scorpion sting

 

Malaria

Malaria1

 

Ear infection

HIV-1

   

Antitumour3

 

Headache

Scorpion sting

   

Scorpion sting4

  

Ear infection

    
  

Wounds

    
  

Toothache

    
  

Headaches

    

Azadiracta indica

Rheumatic pain

 

Antipyretic

 

Malaria, fever,

Fever2

 

Malaria

 

Backache

 

Jaundice

Scorpion sting3

      

Snake bite3

      

Intestinal spasm3

      

Anthelmintic4

      

Constipation4

Balanites aegyptiaca

Diabetes

Stomachache

Antispasmodic

Malaria

 

Diabetes2

 

Hypertension

Anthelmintic

Stomach pain

Kidney disorders

 

Constipation2

 

Bilharzia

Dysentery

Diabetes

  

Constipation3

 

Jaundice

Constipation

   

Bilharzia3

  

Jaundice

   

Wound3

  

Diabetes

    
      

Syphilis2

Bergia suffruticosa

Eczema

    

Leucoderms2

Blepharis linariifolia

Kidney disorders

Swellings

Stomach pain

Urine retention

 

Stomach pain4

 

Diabetes

 

Kidney stone

  

Bilharzia4

 

Wounds

     
 

Hypertension

     
 

Toothache

     
 

Tonic

     

Boswellia papyrifera

Diabetes

  

Dysentery

Bilharzia

Jaundice4

 

Diarrhoea

  

Respiratory infections

Diarrhoea, dysentery

 
 

Anaemia

     

Calotropis procera

Scorpion sting

Scorpion sting

Haemorrhoids

Scorpion sting

 

Wounds2

 

Wounds

Haemorrhoids

Scorpion sting

Rheumatic pain

 

Rheumatic pain2

  

Rheumatic pain

   

Scorpion sting4

  

Wounds

   

Jaundice4

Carissa spinarum (Syn. C. edulis)

Evil eye

 

Kidney disorders

 

Treating rashes

Skin lesions1

   

Charm and madness

  

Stomachache4

      

Headache4

      

Cough4

      

Anthelmintic4

Cassia arereh

Stomachache

   

Stomachache

 
 

Malaria

   

Diarrhoea

 
 

Toothache

   

Evil eye

 
 

Haematuria

     
 

Evil eye

     

Catunaregam nilotica (Syn. Randia nilotica, Xeromphis nilotica)

Malaria

Swellings

Swellings

Rabies

Measles

Jaundice4

 

Jaundice

Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis

 

Toothache

Anthelmintic4

 

Prostate

Dandruff

Jaundice

  

Rabies4

   

Dandruff

   

Catunaregam taylorii

Kidney disorders

     

Chamaecrista nigricans (Syn. Senna nigricans)

Haematuria

    

Stomachache4

Cissus quadrangularis

Syphilis

Syphilis

Haemorrhoids

Syphilis

Acne

Pruritus1

 

Dandruff

Asthma

 

Leprosy

Evil eye

Scorpion sting4

 

Back pain

Haemorrhoids

 

Snake bite

 

Stomachache4

 

Wounds

Snake bite

   

Joint pain4

  

Tuberculosis

    

Cleome gynandra (Syn. Gynandropsis gynandra)

Improve eyesight

     
 

Spleen problems

     
 

Worm expulsion

     
 

Headache

     
 

Rheumatic pain

     

Cleome viscosa L.

Evil eye

     

Clitoria ternatea

Jaundice

   

Constipation

Constipation1

 

Laxative

     
 

Giardiasis

     

Combretum aculeatum

Swellings

  

Snake bite

 

Wound3

      

Constipation4

      

Tuberculosis4

Combretum hartmonnianum

Rheumatic pain

    

Jaundice3, 4

Commiphora gileadensis

Measles

Antirheumatic

    
  

Typhoid fever

    

Cordia africana

Jaundice

Cuts, burns and wounds

Cuts, wounds and burns

   

Coriandrum sativum

Foot pain

    

Hypertension5

Ctenolepis cerasiformis

Tonic

     

Cymbopogon schoenanthus

Diabetes

Antispasmodic

   

Stomachache2

 

Stomachache

Stomachache

    
  

Gout

    
  

Helminthiasis

    
  

Inflammation of prostate

    

Cyperus rotundus

Kidney stones

     
 

Haematuria

     
 

Worm expulsion

     
 

Headache

     
 

Sexual debility

     

Detarium microcarpum

Stomachache

 

Rheumatism

   

Dichrostachys cinerea

Jaundice

 

Wounds

 

Stomachache

 
 

Asthma

   

Diarrhoea

 
 

Evil eye

   

Toothache

 
     

Jaundice

 
     

Sexual debility

 

Dicoma tomentosa

Jaundice

    

Toothache1

      

Febrifuge1, 4

      

Mumps3

Drimia maritima

Sexual debility

     
 

Snake bite

     

Echinops longifolius

Scorpion sting

     

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Toothache

     

Fagonia cretica

Skin allergy

  

Skin allergy

 

Stomachache2

      

Muscular pain3

Geigeria alata

Diabetes

Antispasmodic

Diabetes

  

Stomachache2

 

Stomachache

Stomachache

Antispasmodic

  

Epilepsy3

 

Kidney disorders

Intestinal complaints

Intestinal complaints

   
 

Hypertension

Anthelmintic

Hypertension

   
  

Diabetes

Cough

   
  

Hypertension

    
  

Cough

    

Grewia flavescens

Anaemia

  

Stomach disorders

 

Tuberculosis4

    

Leprosy

  

Grewia tenax

Wounds

Tonsillitis, throat infections

   

Tonsillitis2

 

Anaemia

Anaemia

   

Swellings2

  

Malaria

   

Jaundice3

  

Tonic

   

Trichoma3

Grewia villosa

Wounds

Wounds

  

Cancer

Constipation1

 

Eye infection

Syphilis

    
  

Arthralgia

    
  

Eye ache

    

Guiera senegalensis

Acid reflux

Jaundice

Stomach pain

  

Leprosy1, 4

 

Malaria

Antipyretic

Jaundice

  

Antipyretic2, 3, 4

 

Kidney disorders

Antispasmodic

Malarial fever

  

Leprosy3

 

Diabetes

Diarrhoea

Antispasmodic

  

Vomiting4

 

Tonic

Leprosy

As a tonic

   
  

Diabetes

    
  

Hypertension

    
  

Malarial fever

    
  

Wound

    

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Hypertension

Cough

Snake bite

   
 

Cold and flu

Headache

Scorpion sting

   
 

Hypertension

Haematuria

Haemorrhoids

   
 

Haemorrhoids

Hypertension

Headache

   
  

Fever

    
  

Snake bite

    
  

Scorpion sting

    

Hydnora abyssinica (Syn. H. johannis)

Stomachache

   

Cholera

Dysentery2

 

Diarrhoea

   

Diarrhoea

Tonsillitis2

     

Dysentery

Swellings2

 

Dysentery

   

Evil eye

 

Hyphaene thebaica

Diabetes

    

Spleen problems5

 

Diarrhoea

    

Stomachache5

 

Kidney disorders

    

Wound5

Jatropha curcas

Sexual debility

 

Laxative

 

Giardia

 
     

Jaundice

 
     

Malaria

 
     

Fever

 

Khaya senegalensis

Malaria

Malarial fever

Malarial fever

 

Malaria

Headache4

 

Jaundice

Syphilis

Asthma

 

Diabetes

Stomachache4

  

Taeniacide

Intestinal complaints

  

Dysentery4

  

Hepatic inflammation

    
  

Jaundice

    
  

Trachoma

    
  

Enterogastritis

    

Kigelia africana

Breast swellings

  

Swollen mastitis

Breast tumour

 
 

Rheumatic pain

   

Hypertension

 
 

Leprosy

   

Diabetes

 

Lannea fruticosa

Swellings

   

Dysentery

 
     

Wound

 

Leonotis nepetifolia

Evil eye

    

Swellings4

      

Stomachache4

Leptadenia arborea

Acid reflux

Jaundice

 

Jaundice

 

Snake bite3

 

Diarrhoea

Dandruff

 

Dandruff

 

Gonorrhoea4

 

Swellings

    

Swellings4

 

Jaundice

     

Leptadenia pyrotechnica

Rheumatic pain

Antirheumatic

Rheumatism

   
  

Sciatica

    
  

Urine retention

    

Lepidium sativum

Kidney stones

    

Swellings5

Maerua pseudopetalosa

Diabetes

     
 

Sexual debility

     
 

Hypertension

     
 

Kidney disorders

     

Maerua oblongifolia

Evil eye/luck

    

Snake bite2

Martynia annua

Scorpion sting

     

Mentha spicata

Flatulence

    

Flatulence5

Moringa oleifera

Back pain

     
 

Fatigue

     

Nigella sativa

Articulation pain

    

Diabetes5

 

Stomachache

    

Hypertension5

 

Headache

    

Stomachache5

 

Jaundice

     

Oldenlandia uniflora

Eczema

     
 

Leprosy

     

Opuntia ficus-indica

Dandruff

     

Pennisetum glaucum

Measles

    

Rheumatic pain5

 

Sexual debility

     

Plicosepalus acaciae

Evil eye

    

Lactagogue2

 

Repels insect from ear

    

Wound2

Piliostigma reticulatum

Hypertension

   

Snake bite

Snake bite1

 

Jaundice

     
 

Wounds

     

Rhynchosia minima

Snake bite

    

Anti acid1

Sarcocephalus latifolius (Syn. Nauclea latifolia)

Malaria

Malarial fever

Headache, cough

  

Tapeworms1

 

Jaundice

Headache

Antihypertensive

  

Dysentery4

 

Diabetes

Cough

Kidney disorders

  

Cough4

 

Stomachache

Hypertensive

   

Abdominal pain4

 

Acid reflux

Kidney disorders

    
  

Dysentery

    
  

Abdominal pain

    

Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra

Jaundice

Dysentery

Suleiman (2015) [21]

 

Dysentery

Stomachache4

 

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea

  

Diarrhoea

Diarrohea4

 

Stomachache

Diabetes

    

Senna italica

Dysentery

  

Constipation

 

Rheumatic pain3

 

Laxative

     
 

Eczema

     

Senna occidentalis

Diabetes

Backache

Backache

Diabetes

Jaundice

Jaundice3

 

Eczema

Hypertension

Hypertension

Gonorrhoea

  
  

Malaria

 

Intestinal ulcer

  
  

Dysentery

    
  

Jaundice

    

Senna obtusifolia

Jaundice

Jaundice

Jaundice

 

Jaundice

Constipation4

 

Eczema

    

Ringworm4

      

Wound4

Setaria acromelaena

Evil eye

     

Solanum dubium

Jaundice

     

Sonchus cornutus

Malaria

     
 

Diabetes

     

Striga hermonthica

Menstrual cramps

 

Diabetes

   
 

Diabetes

    

Leukoderma3

Strychnos spinosa

Hypertension

  

Hypertension

Sexual debility

 

Stylochiton grandis

Scorpion sting

    

Scorpion sting2

Tamarindus indica

Malaria

Malaria

 

Food poisoning

Malaria

Malaria4

 

Kidney disorders

Malaria fever

 

Toothache

Fever

Constipation4

 

Evil eye

Cold and flu

  

Stomachache

 
  

Jaundice

  

Wound

 
  

Constipation

    

Tephrosia uniflora

Urine retention

   

Diarrhoea

Headache1, 4

 

Prostate

    

Tonic4

Terminalia brownii

Jaundice

    

Diabetes1

 

Rheumatic pain

    

Cough2

 

Wound

     

Terminalia laxiflora

Malaria

   

Cough, tonic

 

Thymus vulgaris

Rheumatic pain

    

Flatulence5

Tinospora bakis

Swelling

 

Abdominal pain

  

Wound1

 

Snake bite

     
 

Stomachache

     
 

Malaria

     
 

Diabetes

     
 

Evil eye

     

Tribulus terrestris

Kidney disorders

     
 

Diabetes

     

Trigonella foenum-graecum

Uterus inflammation

    

Swellings5

 

Swellings

    

Haemorrhoids5

 

Foot pain

     

Vangueria madagascariensis

Diabetes

   

Diabetes

 
 

Kidney disorders

     
 

Hypertension

     

Ximenia americana

Rheumatic pain

  

Rheumatic pain

 

Measles1

Ziziphus spina-christi

Stomachache

Swellings

Antispasmodic

 

Stomachache,

Swellings2

 

Dysentery

Antispasmodic

Fever

 

Dysentery

Constipation2

 

Evil eye

Constipation

  

Diarrhoea

Intestinal spasm3

  

Gonorrhoea

  

Malaria

Stomachache4

     

Urine retention

Gonorrhoea4