Medicinal plants used to treat livestock ailments in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Asfaw, Asaye; Lulekal, Ermias; Bekele, Tamrat; Debella, Asfaw; Debebe, Eyob; Sisay, Bihonegn

doi:10.1186/s12917-022-03320-6

Table 4 List of medicinal plants used for livestock ailments: Family name, scientific name, local name, Life forms, parts used, preparation methods, methods of application, diseases treated, and voucher number

From: Medicinal plants used to treat livestock ailments in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Family	Scientific name	Local name	Life form	Parts used	Preparation methods	Application methods	Diseases treated	Voucher no.00xxAA
Acanthaceae	Justicia schimperiana (Hochst. ex Nees) T. Anderson	Sensel	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing and squeezing the juice and mixing with water	Drenching	Jaundice	78
					Crushing and boiling with water	Washing affected part	Rurt (Tail Amputation)
					Crushing and mixing with water	Drenching	Blackleg
					Crushing and mixing with water	Drenching	Anthrax
Alliaceae	Allium sativum L	Nech shinkurt	Herb	Bulb	Crushing and mixing with water	Drenching	Blackleg	not collected
				Whole part	Crushing and mixing with water	Drenching	Anthrax	77
Amaranthaceae	Achyranthes aspera L	Telenj	Herb	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Adding through both noses	Leech
					Crushing fresh leaves	smearing	Wound
	Cyathula cylindrica Moq	Arefrafo	Herb	root	Unprocessed root	Wrapping on the tail	Footrot	197
	Chenopodium ambrosioides L	Sinign	Herb	Leaf	Crushing with Solanum villosum and mixing with water	Dropping to eyes	Eye disease	217
Apiaceae	Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl	Yejib mirkuz	Shrub	Stem bark	Crushing fresh stem bark and squeezing the juice and mixing with water	Drenching through the left nose	Leech	151
Apocynaceae	Carissa spinarum L	Agam	Shrub	root	Crushing fresh roots and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Lung disease	201
Asclepiadaceae	Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand	Qebo	Shrub	Stem juice	Crushing and squeezing the juice	smearing	Tumour	93
Asteraceae	Inula confertiflora A. Rich	Gobez teqes	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves, filtering and mixing with water	Dropping to eyes	Eye disease	63
	Solanecio gigas (Vatke) C. Jeffrey	Yeshikoko gomen	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	‘mitch” (febrile illness)	112
	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Grawa	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Jaundice	103
Balsaminaceae	Impatiens tinctoria A.Rich	Yebereha shimbra	Herb	root	Crushing fresh roots and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Blackleg	220
Berberidaceae	Berberis holstii Engl	Yeset af	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Dropping to eyes	Eye disease	150
Buddlejaceae	Buddleja polystachya Fresen	Afar	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through noses	Leech	199
Caryophyllaceae	Silene macrosolen Steud. ex A. Rich	Wogert	Herb	root	Powdering dried roots	Fumigating the room	Blackleg	155
Celastraceae	Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell	Atat	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and filtering using cotton cloth	adding three drops of filtrate to eyes	Eye disease	21
Cucurbitaceae	Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich	Yemdir embuay	Climber	root	Crushing and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Blackleg	11
				Fruit	Crushing ripened fruits	Smearing	Rurt (Tail Amputation)
				root	Cutting inot small pieces using horn knife	Wrapping on the tail	Footrot
					Powdering dried roots and baking with Lepidium sativum	Eating	Rabies
Cupressaceae	Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl	Yabesha tid	Tree	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Blackleg	88
Euphorbiaceae	Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del	Bisana	Tree	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Footrot	25
	Euphorbia abyssinica J.F.Gmel	Qulqual baledemu	Shrub	Latex	Extracting the juice and mixing with milk	Drenching through mouth	Rabies	167
	Ricinus communis L	Gulo	Herb	leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Dropping to eyes	Eye disease	186
Fabaceae	Acacia etbaica Schweinf	Derie	Tree	leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	smearing	Tumour	47
	Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth	Digita	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves	smearing	Ticks	18
	Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Bak	Birbira	Tree	Stem bark	Crushing fresh stem bark and squeezing the juice and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Tumour	193
Lamiaceae	Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm.f.) Iwarsson	Ras kebdo	Shrub	root	Crushing fresh roots and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Anthrax	79
	Salvia nilotica Juss. ex Jacq	Hulgeb	Herb	root	Crushing fresh roots and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Blackleg	31
				Whole part	Crushing the whole part and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Footrot
	Premna schimperi Engl	Checho	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh or powdering dried leaves and mixing with water	Dropping	Eye disease	23
Myrtaceae	Eucalyptus globulus Labill	Nech bahir zaf	Tree	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves, adding salt and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Blackleg	171
Olacaceae	Jasminum abyssinicum Hochst. ex DC	Tembelel	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and adding milk	Drenching through mouth	Jaundice	82
Peraceae	Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach	Fiyelefej	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through mouth	Diarrhoea	53
Phytolaccaceae	Phytolacca dodecandra L' Herit	Mekan endod	Shrub	Root	Powdering dried roots and baking with traditional food (Injera)	Eating	Rabies	8
Poaceae	Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers	Serdo	Herb	Root	Powdering dried root and baking with bread	Eating	Rh-factor	131
	Pennisetum thunbergii Kunth	Ssindedo	Herb	Roo	Powdering dried roots and baking with bread	Eating	Rh-factor	160
Polygonaceae	Rumex nepalensis Spreng	Lut	Herb	root/leaf	Crushing fresh material and mixing with water	Drenching through the mouth	Blackleg	127
Rosaceae	Rubus steudneri Schweinf	Enjori	Shrub	Leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through the mouth	Swelling on any body part	234
Rutaceae	Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle	Yabesha lomi	Shrub	Fruit	Crushing and squeezing the juice	Drenching through both noses	Leech	154
	Ruta chalepensis L	Tenadam	Herb	Leaves/fruits	Crushing fresh plant material and mixing with water	Drenching through the mouth	Blackleg	not collected
Scrophulariaceae	Verbascum sinaiticum Benth	Yahya joro	Herb	Root	Crushing fresh roots and mixing with water	Drenching through the mouth	Blackleg	153
Solanaceae	Solanum villosum Mill	Derekus	Shrub	leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	dropping	Eye disease	2
	Solanum marginatum L. f	Geber embuay	Shrub	Fruit	Crushing ripened fruits and taking out the juice	dropping	Eye disease	80
				Fruit	Crushing fresh and ripened fruits	smearing	Rurt (Tail Amputation)
	Nicotiana tabacum L	Tinbaho	Herb	leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through the mouth	Blackleg	157
					Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching through left nose	Leech
	Capsicum annuum L	Mitmita	Herb	Fruit	Powdering dried fruits and mixing with water	Drenching through the mouth	Blackleg	not collected
Verbenaceae	Lippia adoensis Hochst	Yelam kessie	Shrub	leaf	Crushing fresh leaves, adding with water and filtering by cotton cloth	Dropping	Eye disease	73
	Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br. ex Vatke	Misirch	Shrub	leaf	Crushing fresh leaves and mixing with water	Drenching throuhg mouth	Anthrax	101

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