Balanites aegyptiaca

Traditional uses

Nigeria

• Abortifacient
• Sweetener

Africa

• Antidote(Arrow poison)
• Herpes zoster
• Malaria
• Vermifuge
• Syphilis

Sudan

• Aperient
• Unguent
• Vermifuge
• Purgative
• Soap

Ghana

• Circumcision
• Fumigant
• Purgative
• Vermifuge

Chad

• Fever
• Liver
• Cold
• Fumigant

Libya

• Malignancy
• Wound

Tradition unspecified

• Piscicide

Uganda

• Sleeping sickness
• Soap

Eritrea

• Wound
• Malignancy