Ethnoveterinary plants used in Khartoum state, Sudan

This study covered the animal owners communities in Khartoum State, Central Sudan. It was centered in documenting indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants used for treating animal diseases and other health conditions. The present study revealed that 31 plant species belonging to 19 families were recorded as useful in managing various animal disease filaments by the animal owners/ pastoralists in Khartoum State. Three plant species of families Fabaceae, Mimosaceae and Poaceae and two species of Apiaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Malvaceae, Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae were largely employed for preparation of herbal remedies for curing animal disease. Among the plant parts used seed was the mostly used plant parts (29%) to treat particular (herb) animal disease followed by fruits (23%), leaves (16%) and aerial parts (13%). Oral administration of herbal preparations was found as mostly used to treat the illness (47%), followed by external applications (37%) and raw feeding (16%). The study showed that a good number of medicinally valuable plants were used for the treatment of various veterinary disease. Acacia nilotica ssp. nilotica was used for the treatment of most of the disease followed by Citrullus colocynthis, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Acacia nubica, Camellia sinensis and Solennostemma argel.