Albizia Adianthifolia: Botany, Medicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Properties

Table 1

Medicinal applications of Albizia adianthifolia in tropical Africa.

Medicinal use	Parts of the plant used	Country	References
Antidote	Root and stem bark	Cameroon	[27]
Anthrax	Leaves	Rwanda	[44]
Aphrodisiac	Leaves and stem bark	DRC	[45]
Conjunctivitis and eye problems	Bark, leaves, leaf sap, roots and stem bark	Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa and Swaziland	[26–29, 32, 33, 46–49]
Diabetes	Leaves and stem bark	DRC and Nigeria	[29, 45]
Epilepsy	Stem bark	Swaziland	[46, 47]
Gastro-intestinal problems
Diarrhoea, dysentery and stomach ache	Bark, leaves and roots	DRC, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania	[26, 30–36]
Haemorrhoids	Leaves, roots and stem bark	Nigeria and South Africa	[29, 32]
Headache	Bark and stem bark	Cameroon and South Africa	[26, 33, 50]
Hiccup	Leaves and stem bark	DRC	[45]
Hypertension	Leaves	Togo	[37]
Love charm	Bark	South Africa	[17, 25, 26]
Memory loss and neurodegenerative disorders	Leaves and roots	Nigeria and South Africa	[32, 51]
Purgative	Bark, leaves and roots	Cameroon and South Africa	[26, 28, 31–33]
Respiratory problems
Bronchitis, cough, respiratory problems and sinusitis	Bark, leaves and stem bark	Cameroon, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa	[25–29]
Reproductive problems in women
Sterility and uterine problems	Bark, leaves and roots	Cameroon and Swaziland	[47, 49, 52]
Sexually transmitted infections
Gonorrhoea, Sexually transmitted diseases and syphilis	Bark, leaves, roots and stem bark	Cameroon, DRC, Guinea, Nigeria, Rwanda, Swaziland and Uganda	[29, 45–47, 49, 53–55]
Gonorrhoea	Stem bark mixed with Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle fruits	Sierra Leone	[41]
Syphilis	Leaves mixed with Trichilia dregeana Sond. bark	South Africa	[42]
Skin diseases
Abscesses, chicken pox, eczema, purulent rashes, scabies and skin diseases	Bark, leaves and roots	Burundi, Cameroon, South Africa and Swaziland	[28, 33, 44, 47, 49, 52, 56–59]
Toothache	Leaves and roots	South Africa	[32]
Typhoid fever	Stem bark	Cameroon	[27]
Urinary problems	Stem bark	Cameroon	[27]
Wounds and pain
Abdominal pains, back pain (lumbago) and anal wounds	Bark, leaves and stem bark	Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique	[27, 36, 50, 60]
Yaws	Root bark	Rwanda	[44]
Ethnoveterinary medicine
Coccidiosis and wounds	Roots	Zimbabwe	[61, 62]
Ethnoveterinary medicine	Blisters treated with leaves mixed with those of Gynura scandens O. Hoffm. and fruits of Musa paradisiaca L.	DRC	[43]