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] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abrus precatorius | Spleen problems | Â | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Tooth cavity | Toothache | Swellings4 |
 | Swellings |  |  |  | Headache | Scorpion sting4 |
 | Snake bite |  |  |  | Snake bite |  |
 | Toothache |  |  |  |  |  |
Acacia senegal | Haematuria | Rheumatoid arthritis | Â | Giardiasis | Kidney problems | Â |
 | Toothache | Heartburn |  |  |  |  |
Acacia seyal | Rheumatic pain | Â | Â | Leprosy | Diarrhoea | Diarrhoea2 |
 |  |  |  | Bleeding | Dysentery | Dysentery2 |
Acanthorrhinum ramosissimum | Evil eye | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Stomachache4 |
 | Wounds |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Stomachache |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Jaundice |  |  |  |  |  |
Allium sativum | Haemorrhoids | Â | Â | Â | Â | Haemorrhoids5 |
Anastatica hierochuntica | Postpartum | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Anogeissus leiocarpus | Toothache | Diabetes | Â | Â | Cough | Cough1 |
 | Jaundice | Dysentery |  |  | Giardiasis |  |
 | Malaria | Wound |  |  | Dysentery |  |
 |  | Urine retention |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Malaria |  |  |  |  |
Anticharis senegalensis | Swellings | Â | Â | Â | Â | Swellings2 |
Arachis hypogaea | Bilharzia | Â | Â | Scorpion bite | Â | Â |
Aristolochia bracteolata | Malaria | Malaria | Scorpion sting | Â | Malaria | Malaria1 |
 | Ear infection | HIV-1 |  |  |  | Antitumour3 |
 | Headache | Scorpion sting |  |  |  | Scorpion sting4 |
 |  | Ear infection |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Wounds |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Toothache |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Headaches |  |  |  |  |
Azadiracta indica | Rheumatic pain | Â | Antipyretic | Â | Malaria, fever, | Fever2 |
 | Malaria |  | Backache |  | Jaundice | Scorpion sting3 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Snake bite3 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Intestinal spasm3 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Anthelmintic4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Constipation4 |
Balanites aegyptiaca | Diabetes | Stomachache | Antispasmodic | Malaria | Â | Diabetes2 |
 | Hypertension | Anthelmintic | Stomach pain | Kidney disorders |  | Constipation2 |
 | Bilharzia | Dysentery | Diabetes |  |  | Constipation3 |
 | Jaundice | Constipation |  |  |  | Bilharzia3 |
 |  | Jaundice |  |  |  | Wound3 |
 |  | Diabetes |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Syphilis2 |
Bergia suffruticosa | Eczema | Â | Â | Â | Â | Leucoderms2 |
Blepharis linariifolia | Kidney disorders | Swellings | Stomach pain | Urine retention | Â | Stomach pain4 |
 | Diabetes |  | Kidney stone |  |  | Bilharzia4 |
 | Wounds |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Hypertension |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Toothache |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Tonic |  |  |  |  |  |
Boswellia papyrifera | Diabetes | Â | Â | Dysentery | Bilharzia | Jaundice4 |
 | Diarrhoea |  |  | Respiratory infections | Diarrhoea, dysentery |  |
 | Anaemia |  |  |  |  |  |
Calotropis procera | Scorpion sting | Scorpion sting | Haemorrhoids | Scorpion sting | Â | Wounds2 |
 | Wounds | Haemorrhoids | Scorpion sting | Rheumatic pain |  | Rheumatic pain2 |
 |  | Rheumatic pain |  |  |  | Scorpion sting4 |
 |  | Wounds |  |  |  | Jaundice4 |
Carissa spinarum (Syn. C. edulis) | Evil eye | Â | Kidney disorders | Â | Treating rashes | Skin lesions1 |
 |  |  | Charm and madness |  |  | Stomachache4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Headache4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Cough4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Anthelmintic4 |
Cassia arereh | Stomachache | Â | Â | Â | Stomachache | Â |
 | 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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Chamaecrista nigricans (Syn. Senna nigricans) | Haematuria | Â | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Spleen problems |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Worm expulsion |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Headache |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Rheumatic pain |  |  |  |  |  |
Cleome viscosa L. | Evil eye | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Clitoria ternatea | Jaundice | Â | Â | Â | Constipation | Constipation1 |
 | Laxative |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Giardiasis |  |  |  |  |  |
Combretum aculeatum | Swellings | Â | Â | Snake bite | Â | Wound3 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Constipation4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Tuberculosis4 |
Combretum hartmonnianum | Rheumatic pain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Jaundice3, 4 |
Commiphora gileadensis | Measles | Antirheumatic | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 |  | Typhoid fever |  |  |  |  |
Cordia africana | Jaundice | Cuts, burns and wounds | Cuts, wounds and burns | Â | Â | Â |
Coriandrum sativum | Foot pain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Hypertension5 |
Ctenolepis cerasiformis | Tonic | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cymbopogon schoenanthus | Diabetes | Antispasmodic | Â | Â | Â | Stomachache2 |
 | Stomachache | Stomachache |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Gout |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Helminthiasis |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Inflammation of prostate |  |  |  |  |
Cyperus rotundus | Kidney stones | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Haematuria |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Worm expulsion |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Headache |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Sexual debility |  |  |  |  |  |
Detarium microcarpum | Stomachache | Â | Rheumatism | Â | Â | Â |
Dichrostachys cinerea | Jaundice | Â | Wounds | Â | Stomachache | Â |
 | Asthma |  |  |  | Diarrhoea |  |
 | Evil eye |  |  |  | Toothache |  |
 |  |  |  |  | Jaundice |  |
 |  |  |  |  | Sexual debility |  |
Dicoma tomentosa | Jaundice | Â | Â | Â | Â | Toothache1 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Febrifuge1, 4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Mumps3 |
Drimia maritima | Sexual debility | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Snake bite |  |  |  |  |  |
Echinops longifolius | Scorpion sting | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Toothache | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Fagonia cretica | Skin allergy | Â | Â | Skin allergy | Â | Stomachache2 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Muscular pain3 |
Geigeria alata | Diabetes | Antispasmodic | Diabetes | Â | Â | Stomachache2 |
 | Stomachache | Stomachache | Antispasmodic |  |  | Epilepsy3 |
 | Kidney disorders | Intestinal complaints | Intestinal complaints |  |  |  |
 | Hypertension | Anthelmintic | Hypertension |  |  |  |
 |  | Diabetes | Cough |  |  |  |
 |  | Hypertension |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Cough |  |  |  |  |
Grewia flavescens | Anaemia | Â | Â | Stomach disorders | Â | Tuberculosis4 |
 |  |  |  | Leprosy |  |  |
Grewia tenax | Wounds | Tonsillitis, throat infections | Â | Â | Â | Tonsillitis2 |
 | Anaemia | Anaemia |  |  |  | Swellings2 |
 |  | Malaria |  |  |  | Jaundice3 |
 |  | Tonic |  |  |  | Trichoma3 |
Grewia villosa | Wounds | Wounds | Â | Â | Cancer | Constipation1 |
 | Eye infection | Syphilis |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Arthralgia |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Eye ache |  |  |  |  |
Guiera senegalensis | Acid reflux | Jaundice | Stomach pain | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â |
 | Cold and flu | Headache | Scorpion sting |  |  |  |
 | Hypertension | Haematuria | Haemorrhoids |  |  |  |
 | Haemorrhoids | Hypertension | Headache |  |  |  |
 |  | Fever |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Snake bite |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Scorpion sting |  |  |  |  |
Hydnora abyssinica (Syn. H. johannis) | Stomachache | Â | Â | Â | Cholera | Dysentery2 |
 | Diarrhoea |  |  |  | Diarrhoea | Tonsillitis2 |
 |  |  |  |  | Dysentery | Swellings2 |
 | Dysentery |  |  |  | Evil eye |  |
Hyphaene thebaica | Diabetes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Spleen problems5 |
 | Diarrhoea |  |  |  |  | Stomachache5 |
 | Kidney disorders |  |  |  |  | Wound5 |
Jatropha curcas | Sexual debility | Â | Laxative | Â | Giardia | Â |
 |  |  |  |  | Jaundice |  |
 |  |  |  |  | Malaria |  |
 |  |  |  |  | Fever |  |
Khaya senegalensis | Malaria | Malarial fever | Malarial fever | Â | Malaria | Headache4 |
 | Jaundice | Syphilis | Asthma |  | Diabetes | Stomachache4 |
 |  | Taeniacide | Intestinal complaints |  |  | Dysentery4 |
 |  | Hepatic inflammation |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Jaundice |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Trachoma |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Enterogastritis |  |  |  |  |
Kigelia africana | Breast swellings | Â | Â | Swollen mastitis | Breast tumour | Â |
 | Rheumatic pain |  |  |  | Hypertension |  |
 | Leprosy |  |  |  | Diabetes |  |
Lannea fruticosa | Swellings | Â | Â | Â | Dysentery | Â |
 |  |  |  |  | Wound |  |
Leonotis nepetifolia | Evil eye | Â | Â | Â | Â | Swellings4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Stomachache4 |
Leptadenia arborea | Acid reflux | Jaundice | Â | Jaundice | Â | Snake bite3 |
 | Diarrhoea | Dandruff |  | Dandruff |  | Gonorrhoea4 |
 | Swellings |  |  |  |  | Swellings4 |
 | Jaundice |  |  |  |  |  |
Leptadenia pyrotechnica | Rheumatic pain | Antirheumatic | Rheumatism | Â | Â | Â |
 |  | Sciatica |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Urine retention |  |  |  |  |
Lepidium sativum | Kidney stones | Â | Â | Â | Â | Swellings5 |
Maerua pseudopetalosa | Diabetes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Sexual debility |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Hypertension |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Kidney disorders |  |  |  |  |  |
Maerua oblongifolia | Evil eye/luck | Â | Â | Â | Â | Snake bite2 |
Martynia annua | Scorpion sting | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mentha spicata | Flatulence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Flatulence5 |
Moringa oleifera | Back pain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Fatigue |  |  |  |  |  |
Nigella sativa | Articulation pain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Diabetes5 |
 | Stomachache |  |  |  |  | Hypertension5 |
 | Headache |  |  |  |  | Stomachache5 |
 | Jaundice |  |  |  |  |  |
Oldenlandia uniflora | Eczema | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Leprosy |  |  |  |  |  |
Opuntia ficus-indica | Dandruff | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Pennisetum glaucum | Measles | Â | Â | Â | Â | Rheumatic pain5 |
 | Sexual debility |  |  |  |  |  |
Plicosepalus acaciae | Evil eye | Â | Â | Â | Â | Lactagogue2 |
 | Repels insect from ear |  |  |  |  | Wound2 |
Piliostigma reticulatum | Hypertension | Â | Â | Â | Snake bite | Snake bite1 |
 | Jaundice |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Wounds |  |  |  |  |  |
Rhynchosia minima | Snake bite | Â | Â | Â | Â | Anti acid1 |
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Syn. Nauclea latifolia) | Malaria | Malarial fever | Headache, cough | Â | Â | 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] | Â | Dysentery | Stomachache4 |
 | Diarrhoea | Diarrhoea |  |  | Diarrhoea | Diarrohea4 |
 | Stomachache | Diabetes |  |  |  |  |
Senna italica | Dysentery | Â | Â | Constipation | Â | 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 | Â | Jaundice | Constipation4 |
 | Eczema |  |  |  |  | Ringworm4 |
 |  |  |  |  |  | Wound4 |
Setaria acromelaena | Evil eye | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Solanum dubium | Jaundice | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sonchus cornutus | Malaria | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Diabetes |  |  |  |  |  |
Striga hermonthica | Menstrual cramps | Â | Diabetes | Â | Â | Â |
 | Diabetes |  |  |  |  | Leukoderma3 |
Strychnos spinosa | Hypertension | Â | Â | Hypertension | Sexual debility | Â |
Stylochiton grandis | Scorpion sting | Â | Â | Â | Â | Scorpion sting2 |
Tamarindus indica | Malaria | Malaria | Â | Food poisoning | Malaria | Malaria4 |
 | Kidney disorders | Malaria fever |  | Toothache | Fever | Constipation4 |
 | Evil eye | Cold and flu |  |  | Stomachache |  |
 |  | Jaundice |  |  | Wound |  |
 |  | Constipation |  |  |  |  |
Tephrosia uniflora | Urine retention | Â | Â | Â | Diarrhoea | Headache1, 4 |
 | Prostate |  |  |  |  | Tonic4 |
Terminalia brownii | Jaundice | Â | Â | Â | Â | Diabetes1 |
 | Rheumatic pain |  |  |  |  | Cough2 |
 | Wound |  |  |  |  |  |
Terminalia laxiflora | Malaria | Â | Â | Â | Cough, tonic | Â |
Thymus vulgaris | Rheumatic pain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Flatulence5 |
Tinospora bakis | Swelling | Â | Abdominal pain | Â | Â | Wound1 |
 | Snake bite |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Stomachache |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Malaria |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Diabetes |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Evil eye |  |  |  |  |  |
Tribulus terrestris | Kidney disorders | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Diabetes |  |  |  |  |  |
Trigonella foenum-graecum | Uterus inflammation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Swellings5 |
 | Swellings |  |  |  |  | Haemorrhoids5 |
 | Foot pain |  |  |  |  |  |
Vangueria madagascariensis | Diabetes | Â | Â | Â | Diabetes | Â |
 | Kidney disorders |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Hypertension |  |  |  |  |  |
Ximenia americana | Rheumatic pain | Â | Â | Rheumatic pain | Â | Measles1 |
Ziziphus spina-christi | Stomachache | Swellings | Antispasmodic | Â | Stomachache, | Swellings2 |
 | Dysentery | Antispasmodic | Fever |  | Dysentery | Constipation2 |
 | Evil eye | Constipation |  |  | Diarrhoea | Intestinal spasm3 |
 |  | Gonorrhoea |  |  | Malaria | Stomachache4 |
 |  |  |  |  | Urine retention | Gonorrhoea4 |