Table 1.

Some reported ethnomedicinal uses of Suregada species.

Plant	Plant Part	Uses	References
S. adenophora	Unspecified	Purgative	[8]
S. angustifolia	Stem bark	Skin infections, toothache	[9]
S. boiviniana	Unspecified	Purgative	[10]
	Leaves	Headaches and cold, dysentery, malaria, placenta apposition and epilepsy	[10,11]
S. decidua	Fresh sap	Wounds	[8]
S. lanceolata/S. angustifolia	Shrub	Astringent	[12]
	Whole plant	Skin diseases, worms, weakness, blood vomiting, piles, toothache	[13]
S. lithoxylia	Wood	Poles, fuel, spoons, tool handles	[14]
S. multiflora	Wood	Eczema, venereal diseases, and pyrexia	[17]
	Roots	Lymphatic disorders, skin diseases
	Bark	Lymphatic disorder, hepatitis, skin diseases, fungal infection, venereal diseases, and leprosy
	Whole Plant	Pneumonia, fever, poisonous effects, stomach disorder, squint eye, and gum disease
S. procera	Wood	Poles, handles, and firewood	[14]
	Tree	Ornaments and shade
	Stem	Hemorrhoids, gonorrhea	[24]
S. zanzibariensis	Leaves	Asthma, malaria, skin diseases, dysentery, vaginal candidiasis and abdominal pains	[21,26,27,29]
	Roots and stem bark	Ankylostomiasis	[25,29]
	Roots	Gonorrhoea, chest pain, stomach ache, hernia, chicken pox, schistosomiasis, body swelling, pneumonia and purgative	[14,25]
	Wood	Building poles, tool handles, withies, fuel and spoons	[14]