An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by communities of Northern Kordofan region, Sudan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 232-242

  Suleiman, Mohamed Hammad Adam ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Informant consensus factor; North Kordofan; Sudan; Traditional medicine; Use value

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA SEYAL; ACANTHACEAE; ADULT; AMARANTHACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BARK; BORAGINACEAE; BURSERACEAE; CAESALPINIACEAE; CAPPARIDACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEGUME; MALE; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; RHAMNACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENNA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOLANACEAE; SUDAN; TAMARIND; VITACEAE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84946750276     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.039     Document Type: Article

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