Catalog of Major African Medicinal Plants - African Medicinal Plants - page 16

table 2.1 ( Continued ) Catalog of Major african Medicinal Plants

Plant Name Medicinal Use Parts Used references

Eryngium foetidium Carminative, anti-inlammatory, topical headache remedy, boils leaves 6, 7

Ferula assa-foetida Carminative, anti-inlammatory, digestive rhizome, roots 4, 14

Ferula communis antifertility, uterotonic roots 14

Haplosciadium abyssinicum Veterinary medicine, skin diseases leaves 4

Lichtensteinia interrupta Chronic cough, colds, tuberculosis, anthelmintic, bronchitis roots 11, 14

Lichtensteinia kolbeana Chest complaints, stimulant roots 4

Oenanthe palustris nausea, fevers, asthenia, chest pains leaves 14

Oenanthe procumbens Coughs, bronchitis seeds 4

Peucedanum fraxinifolium diuretic, depurative, fevers, stomachache leaves, exudate 6

Steganotaenia araliacea dysentery, fevers, epilepsy, respiratory system disorders, asthma, coughs, sore

throat, tumors, amenorrhea, adenopathy, toothache, diarrhea, threatened abortion,
allergic swellings, female sterility, malaria, elephantiasis

roots, leaves, stem 4, 11, 14

apocynaceae

Acokanthera oblongifolia tapeworm, snakebite, poisoning stem wood, leaves 11, 15

Acokanthera oppositifolia headache, toothache, abdominal pain, colds, measles, blood poisoning, dysentery stem bark, leaves 4, 17

Acokanthera schimperi Weak infusion for syphilis, arrow poison, antifertility stem bark, roots 11, 15

Adenium multilorum Venereal diseases, topical ulcers, late applied to carious tooth leaves, stem, roots 6, 7

Adenium obesum Wound healing, ulcers, carious tooth, cardiac tonic stem, roots 7

Alaia barteri inlammatory, fevers stem, leaves 7

Allamanda carthartica Wound healing, rituals roots, leaves 11

Alstonia boonei fevers, tumors, aphrodisiac roots, stem bark 7

Alstonia congensis Malaria, fevers, arthritis stem, leaves, roots 7

Ancylobotrys amoena stomachache, ear infection, dysmenorrhea leaves, exudates

Apocynum cannabinum stem bark infusion as purgative, roots as abortifacient, arrow poison stem bark, roots 7

Asclepias pedunculata inlammation, purgative leaves 4

Callichilia barteri tonic, laxative, dizziness, anxiety leaves 7, 11

Callichilia subsessilis dizziness, tumors, anthelmintic, venereal infections roots, stem bark 7

Calotropis procera embrocation, latex as purgative, venereal diseases, leaf juice for headache and

catarrh, conjunctivitis, skin diseases, wound healing

leaves, latex 6, 7

Caralluma dalzielii tonic, aphrodisiac, analgesic stem 6, 19