Table 2

Traditional uses of E. senegalensis in Kolokani

Indications (Number of citation)
Plants parts used
Mode of preparation
Added substances or other plant parts
Mode of Administration

Amenorrhea (4 citations)
Flower
powder
porridge
consume


macerate

oral

Bark
decoction
Pennisetum sp
oral

Seeds


oral
Malaria/Icterus (3 citations)
Bark/Leaves
decoction

oral
Chest pain (2 citations)
Bark
Decoction

steam bath


powder
water
oral
Abortion (2 citations)
Root/leaves/Bark
decoction

oral
Old wounds (2 citations)
Root
Decoction

cleanser


powder

application to the wound
Gastric ulcer
Root
Powder
Roots of Boscia angustifolia, water
oral
Weakness
Leaves + Bark
decoction

oral, body bath
Child abdominal pain
Bark
decoction

oral
Dysmenorrhoea
Root
maceration
Honey (alternatively)
oral
Schistosomiasis
Bark
powder

oral
Diarrhoea
Leaves
decoction

oral

Togola et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2008 4:6   doi:10.1186/1746-4269-4-6