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. 2012 Jul;2(7):516–522. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60088-4

Table 1. Plant species recognized as ethnoveterinary medicinal plants, their uses and properties plants collected for antimicrobial screening from selected sites of Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia.

Bothanical name, Voucher and Family Local name Collection site Mode of preparation, parts used and ethnoveterinary-medicinal uses
A. aspera (Asparagaceae) CVM25 Mechalo/Melhas ba'eray Tanqua Abergelle, Quola Temben The fresh root of an A. aspera is chopped and bounded together with a leaf of commicarpus podunculosus. This will be mixed with water and given orally for treatment of bovine mastitis. The leaves are also used as a remedy of wound
C. macrostachyus (Euphorbiaceae) CVM08 Aslamay Freweyni The leaf of this plant is chopped, boiled and the cooled decoction is used to wash the affected udder. The leaf is also used to treat dermatophilosis
C. aurea (Ait) Benth (Fabaceae) CVM43 Hitsawts Yechila The fresh leaves of C. subdecandra is grounded with small amount of water then applied to the skin affected by skin diseases and given for treatment of mastitis. It is also used to avoid lice and ticks.
F. caria L. (Moraceae) CVM59 Beles adgi Adigrat, Erob The fresh leaf of this plant is pounded with small water and applied topically to the udder as a treatment of mastitis.
N. tabacum L (Solanaceae) CVM57 Tambuk Yechila The leaf is grounded with small water and the juice is applied to udder for mastitis treatment, skin diseases and ectoparasites. Juices from the leaf of the plant is also infused through nostrils against leech infestation
Z. spina-christi (Rhamnaceae) CVM20 Gaba Mekelle The leaves are grounded and applied on the affected teat quarter for treatment of mastitis. Thickly grounded leaves are also applied in saddle sore in equines
M. parviflora L (Malvaceae) CVM30 Enkuftha Quola temben Squashes of fresh leaves are applied topically in the treatment of saddle sore in equine and camels
S. hastifolium Dunal.(Solanaceae) CVM03 Hintut Mekelle Juice from freshly grounded leaves is applied on fresh wounds
Vernonia species (Asteraceae) CVM32 Alakit Dohan, Erob Fresh leaves are grounded with small amount of water and the juice is applied topically in the treatment of eye infection and chronic open wounds. Freshly grounded leaves are also bandaged in cases of bone fracture.