Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan

Table 3 Diseases categories and preferred species application by informant consensus factor (ICF) and fidelity level (FL)

Ailments category	N_t	N_ur	ICF	Preferred species	Application	Fl (%)
Respiratory system	9	120	0.95	Vachellia nilotica	Corona virus	90.47
Cardiovascular system	5	27	0.85	Hibiscus sabdariffa	Hypertension	89.47
Digestive system disorders	16	42	0.63	Senna alexandrina	Constipation	100
Urinary system	9	33	0.75	Blepharis linariifolia	Urine retention	100
Genital system	6	22	0.76	Striga hermonthica	Menstrual cramps	73.33
Infections/infestations	7	16	0.60	Balanites aegyptiaca	Dysentery	90.47
Skin diseases	14	24	0.43	Mollugo cerviana	Wounds	93.75
Muscle-skeletal system	6	24	0.87	Azadirachta indica	Rheumatic pain	73.33
Endocrinology system (diabetes)	5	31	0.87	Geigeria alata	Diabetes	100
Abnormalities	1	29	1.00	Psiadia punctulate	Swellings	100
Pain (tooth pain, head ache)	5	15	0.71	Nigella sativa	Head ache	80.00
Bites	7	27	0.77	Vachellia oerfota	Snake bite	75.00

Respiratory system diseases: cough/cold/flu, corona virus, catarrh and tonsillitis. Cardiovascular system and hematological disorders: anaemia and hypertension. Digestive system disorders: stomachache, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, haemorrhoids, dyspepsia, and jaundice. Urinary system disorders: renal colic, urine retention and kidney disorders. Genital system: women infertility, menstrual cramps, abortion, prostate, syphilis, and gonorrhoea Infections/infestations: malaria, fever, bilharzia, dysentery, giardia, worm expulsion kalaazar and gum inflammation. Skin diseases: wounds, measles, head pustules and eczema. Musculoskeletal system: rheumatism. Endocrinological system: diabetes. Abnormalities: swellings. Pain: headache and toothache. Bites: scorpion sting, snake bites and rabies
N_t number of taxa, N_ur number of use-reports

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