Catalog of Major African Medicinal Plants - African Medicinal Plants - page 86

table 2.1 ( Continued ) Catalog of Major african Medicinal Plants

Plant Name Medicinal Use Parts Used references

Eragrostis tef Preparation of teff bread, digestive disorders, diabetes Grains, leaves

Hordeum vulgare jaundice, catarrh, diabetes, abortifacient, cancer, carminative, demulcent, digestive,

diuretic, emollient, expectorant, febrifuge, galactofuge, hypoglycemic, lenitive,
nutritive, poultice, stomachic

Caryopsis, shoots,
seeds

Imperata cylindrica sore throat, neuralgia, intestinal worms, diarrhea, dysentery, fevers, nausea, dropsy,

jaundice, asthma, hematuria, inluenza, antibacterial, emphysema, internal
bleeding, nosebleed, cough, kidney diseases, blood puriication, malaria, antitumor,
diuretic, cosmetics, asthma

Various plant parts

Leersia drepanothrix Wound dressing aerial parts

Leersia hexandra severe cough, bronchitis, tuberculosis, tonic, dislocation, sprains Whole plant, twigs

Lolium perenne diarrhea, regulation of menstrual cycle, antigangrene leaves 11

Oryza glaberrima diarrhea, in soup for digestive problems, ulcer dressing seeds

Oryza longistaminata famine food, diarrhea, diuretic seeds, leaves

Oryza sativa ulcers, diarrhea seeds, seed husk

Oxytenanthera abyssinica diabetes, colic, rheumatism, dysentery, edema, albuminuria, skin infections,

genitourinary disorders, endocrine disorders

aerial parts, roots

Panicum turgidum antidiabetic, wound dressing, famine food seeds, shoots, leaves

Paspalum conjugatum anorexia, hypermenorrhea, sore eyes, headache leaves, twigs

Paspalum vaginatum Coughs, dysentery leaves 4

Pennisetum purpureum Mild laxative, abdominal pains, deafness, vaginal wash, cataract, otitis, mouth

diseases, toothache, wound dressing, gonorrhea

leaves, roots 17

Phragmites australis arthritis, bronchitis, cancer, cholera, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, dropsy, fever, gout,

hiccups, jaundice, leukemia, nausea, pneumonia, rheumatism, sores, stomach
pains, typhoid fever, rhinitis, bacterial meningitis, urinary tract infections

leaves, seeds, twigs

Phragmites mauritianus Chest infections, pneumonia, bacterial infections stem 6, 11

Pogonarthria squarrosa bilharzia, skin infections root 11

Saccharum officinarum laxative, poultice, respiratory diseases, diarrhea stem, leaves 6

Setaria barbata epilepsy, muscle pains, convulsion in children sap, whole plant 14

Setaria megaphylla diarrhea, venereal diseases, ease childbirth, neuralgia, catarrh, stomachache,

drowsiness, migraine, cough, convulsions, gonorrhea, antispasmolytic, epilepsy

leaves, shoots, stem 4, 14

Setaria pumila Muscle pains, body bath, fumigant for convulsion in children leaves

Setaria verticillata diarrhea, gonorrhea, scorpion bite arerial parts 6

Sinarundinaria alpina aphthous oral infections, stomatitis, caries leaves