Table 3.
Ethnomedicinal applications of Psydrax species in Africa, Asia and Oceania
| Species | Part Used | Method of Preparation (Administration) | Uses | Country | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. subcordata | SB | Alcoholic extract (NS) | Diabetes | NS | (Achenbach et al. 1981) |
| SB | Decoction (NS) | Haemorrhoids, Stomach ulcer | Ghana | (Agyare et al. 2009) | |
|
Paste (Oral) Paste (Topical) |
Body pains Boils |
(Appiah et al. 2018) | |||
| NS | NS (NS) | Epilepsy | Cote d’Ivoire | (Daanaa et al. 2018) | |
|
R SB |
Aqueous extract (Oral) |
Malaria Fever |
Nigeria | (Chukwujekwu et al. 2005) | |
| R | NS (NS) |
Fever Malaria, Inflammation, Cardiovascular diseases |
(Awah et al. 2012) | ||
| WP | NS (NS) | Stomach disorders | Cameroon | (Awantu et al. 2019) | |
| B | Extract (NS) | High blood pressure | NS | (Achenbach 1986) | |
| P. livida | Fr | Raw (Oral) | Food | South Africa | (Magwede et al. 2018) |
| L | Paste (Topical) | Wounds in livestock | Zimbabwe South Africa | (Maroyi 2012; Mukandiwa et al. 2012a, b) | |
| Ecto-parasites in livestock | Zimbabwe | (Nyahangare et al. 2015) | |||
| R | NS (NS) | Fever associated with malaria | Namibia | (du Preez et al. 2020) | |
| P. acutiflora | AP | NS (NS | Malaria | Burkina Faso | (Ilboudo et al. 2013) |
| P. parviflora |
B L |
NS (NS) | Pains | Guinea-Bissau | (Catarino et al. 2016) |
| RB | Decoction (Oral) | Infectious diseases | Guinea | (Magassouba et al. 2007) | |
| P. horizontalis | L | NS (NS) | Diabetes | Nigeria | (Feenna et al. 2020) |
| P. schimperiana | SB |
Decoction (Oral) Paste (Topical) |
Breast cancer | Kenya | (Ochwang’i et al. 2014, 2018) |
| L | Cold infusion (Oral) | Stomachache | Ethiopia | (Radol et al. 2016) | |
| Paste (NS) | Snake bite | (Asfaw et al. 2021) | |||
| Fr | Raw (Oral) | Food | (Gemedo-Dalle et al. 2005) | ||
| P. dicoccos | L | Extract and banana (Oral) | Easy delivery | India | (Vaidyanathan et al. 2013) |
| NS (NS) | Pain relief | (Chandramouli and Mallikarjuna 2020) | |||
| Decoction (NS) | Fever, cough, asthma and inflammation | (Kalaichelvi and Dhivya 2016) | |||
| F | Raw (Oral) | Food | (Rasingam 2012) | ||
| B | Boil in sesame oil (Topical) | Rheumatoid pains | (Neelima et al. 2011) | ||
| L B and R | NS (NS) | Piscicide | (Dutta et al. 2019; Kalita et al. 2017) | ||
| R | Aqueous decoction/oral | Diarrhoea | (Raja et al. 2011) | ||
| P. umbellata | L | NS (NS) | Kidney, bladder diseases | (Vijayashalini et al. 2017) | |
| WP | NS (NS) | Easy delivery, Uterus related problems | (Pakkala and Patel 2021; Ponnaiah et al. 2018) | ||
| P. nitida | L | NS (NS) | Diarrhoea | Malaysia | (Eswani et al. 2010) |
| P. odorata | B and L | NS(NS) | Cephalalgia and as purgative | New Caledonia | (Sévenet and Pusset 1996) |
Plant parts used: AP: aerial parts; B: bark; Fr: fruit; L: leaves; R: root; RB: root bark; SB: stem bark; NS: not specified; WP: whole plant
Countries: NS: not specified
Method of preparation (Administration): NS: not specified