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Table 9 Some nutraceutical wild edible plants used for the treatment of human livestock ailments

From: Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia

Edible plants with medicinal use reports

Disease

Human/Livestock

Part used in TM in the study area

Part used as food in the study area

Reference for use in TM

Ageratum conyzoides

Diarrhea

Human

Leaf

Leaf

[53]

Amaranthus caudatus

Michi

Human

Seed

Seed

[12, 53]

Cancer

Human

Leaf

Leaf

[12, 53]

Balanites aegyptiaca

Epistaxis (Nasal bleeding), Headache, Stomach ache

Human

Resin, Fruit

Fruit

[54]

Bidens pilosa

Internal cancer, Michi

Human

Leaf

Leaf

[54]

Constipation

Human

Aboveground

Aboveground

[54]

Malaria

Human

Aboveground

Aboveground

[54, 55]

Carissa spinarum

Amoebiasis, Swelling

Human

Stem bark, Root, Fruit

Fruit

[53]

Swelling

Livestock

Root, Fruit

Fruit

Moringa stenopetala (Naturalizing in the wild habitat having been brought from another area)

Malaria

Human

Leaf, Root

Leaf

[56, 57]

Hypertension

Human

Leaf

Leaf

 

Diabetes mellitus (DM)

Human

Leaf

Leaf

[53]

Mumps

Human

Leaf

Leaf

 

Abdominal pain, Stomach ache

Human

Leaf

Leaf

[53]

Solanum nigrum

Heart disease

Human

Aboveground

Aboveground

 

Breast cancer, Skin cancer

Human

Leaf

Aboveground

Internal cancer

Human

Leaf

Leaf

 

Ascariasis

Human

Leaf

Leaf

[53]

Abdominal pain

Stomach ache

Human

Leaf

Leaf

[53, 56]

Conjunctivitis/Eye disease

Human

Leaf

Leaf

Pityriasis

Human

Leaf

Leaf

Ximenia americana

Common cold and head ache

Human

Leaf, Stem bark

Fruit

[4, 57]

Lumpy skin disease (LSD)

Livestock

Leaf, Stem bark

Fruit

[56, 58]

Tooth disease

Human

Fruit

Fruit

[55,56,57]

Abdominal pain

Stomachache

Human

Fruit

Fruit

[55, 56]

Pyelonephritis

Human

Stem bark

Fruit

Diarrhea

Human

Leaf, Root bark

Fruit

Spleen enlargement

Human

Root bark

Fruit

Malaria

Human

Root bark

Fruit

[57]

Aspiration pneumonia

Livestock

Root bark

Fruit

Pyelonephritis

Human

Leaf

Fruit