Medicinal plants of Nigeria
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Afang
Okazi · AfangUsed for: Blood pressure, Cough and breathing, Stomach and digestion, Women's healthGnetum africanum
African locust bean
Ogiri-igala · Ogiri · IruUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Blood sugar, Wounds, Blood pressureParkia biglobosa
African mahogany
OnuUsed for: Malaria, Stomach and digestion, Skin, Women's healthKhaya senegalensis
African peach
ubuluinu · egbésíUsed for: Fever, Cough and breathing, Stomach and digestion, MalariaNauclea latifolia
African pear
UbeUsed for: Skin, Malaria, Wounds, Women's healthPachylobus edulis
African snakeroot
Akata · AsofeyejeUsed for: Blood pressure, Skin, FeverRauvolfia vomitoria
Aidan fruit
Oshosho · UhioUsed for: Malaria, Pain and swelling, Blood pressure, Blood sugarTetrapleura tetraptera
Akuamma
Eso AbereUsed for: Malaria, Pain and swelling, Worms and parasites, Stomach and digestionPicralima nitida
Alligator pepper
Ose-oji · Ataare · AtareUsed for: Women's health, Nutrition, Worms and parasitesAframomum melegueta
Aloe vera
Ahon erinUsed for: Wounds, Stomach and digestion, Skin, Blood sugarAloe vera
Asthma weed
Oba ala · Emile · Ewe emileUsed for: Cough and breathing, Skin, Women's health, Stomach and digestionEuphorbia hirta
Avocado
Ubebekee · Ube OyiboUsed for: Cough and breathing, Blood pressure, Stomach and digestion, SkinPersea americana
Banana
Ogede agbagbaUsed for: Blood sugar, Cough and breathing, MalariaMusa × paradisiaca
Baobab
Yiri mango · Ose · KukaUsed for: Fever, Cough and breathing, NutritionAdansonia digitata
Bitter kola
OrogboUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Cough and breathing, Fever, MalariaGarcinia kola
Bitter leaf
Onugbu · Ewuro · Ewuro-jijeUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Malaria, Blood sugarGymnanthemum amygdalinum
Bitter melon
Akban ndene · Ejinrin · GarafuniUsed for: Blood sugar, Cough and breathing, Women's healthMomordica charantia
Boundary tree
Ogirisi · Akoko · AdurukuUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Cough and breathing, Wounds, Pain and swellingNewbouldia laevis
Brimstone tree
Eze-ogu · Ogere · OruwoUsed for: Fever, Cough and breathing, Malaria, Blood sugarMorinda lucida
Cashew
OkpokpoUsed for: Malaria, Cough and breathing, Blood pressure, SkinAnacardium occidentale
Castor oil plant
Eso laaUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Skin, Women's health, WoundsRicinus communis
Christmas bush
Used for: Pain and swelling, Wounds, Cough and breathing, Blood sugarAlchornea cordifolia
Coconut
Akubeeke · Agbon · KuwapaUsed for: Cough and breathing, Stomach and digestion, Wounds, FeverCocos nucifera
Coffee senna
Sigbunmuo · Akidi-agbara · JelenubenuUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Wounds, MalariaSenna occidentalis
Ehuru
Used for: Stomach and digestion, Fever, Nutrition, InfectionsMonodora myristica
Garlic
Ayo-ishi · TafarnuwaUsed for: Blood sugar, Infections, Blood pressureAllium sativum
Ginger
Jinja · Atale funfunUsed for: Women's health, Pain and swelling, Blood sugarZingiber officinale
Goat weed
Ula ujula · Imi-esuUsed for: Wounds, Blood sugar, Blood pressure, Cough and breathingAgeratum conyzoides
Guava
Girofa · GwaibaUsed for: Cough and breathing, Skin, Stomach and digestion, InfectionsPsidium guajava
Hospital too far
Used for: Blood sugar, Women's health, InfectionsJatropha tanjorensis
Hot pepper
Used for: Cough and breathing, Stomach and digestion, NutritionCapsicum frutescens
Kinkeliba
Used for: Stomach and digestion, FeverCombretum micranthum
Kola nut
Used for: Stomach and digestion, Women's health, Pain and swellingCola nitida
Lemongrass
Koriko oba · Ewe tiiUsed for: Infections, Fever, Stomach and digestionCymbopogon citratus
Lime
Lemu tsamiUsed for: Fever, NutritionCitrus aurantiifolia
Mango
Mangoro · Mongoro · MangwaroUsed for: Cough and breathing, Stomach and digestion, Skin, MalariaMangifera indica
Miracle leaf
OdundunUsed for: Wounds, Stomach and digestionKalanchoe pinnata
Mitracarpus
Used for: Wounds, SkinMitracarpus hirtus
Moringa
Okwe oyibo · Ewe ile · GbogboniseUsed for: Infections, Blood sugar, NutritionMoringa oleifera
Neem
Atu yabasi · Ogwu akom · DogoyaroUsed for: SkinAzadirachta indica
Ogbono
Ugiri · AponUsed for: NutritionIrvingia gabonensis
Oil palm
Mkpuruaku · Eyin · OpeUsed for: Infections, Women's health, Stomach and digestion, SkinElaeis guineensis
Onion
AlbasaUsed for: Wounds, Cough and breathing, Blood sugar, InfectionsAllium cepa
Pawpaw
Okwuru-ezi · Okwuru-bekee · MgbimgbiUsed for: Blood sugar, Worms and parasites, Blood pressureCarica papaya-
Pepper fruit
MmimiUsed for: Cough and breathing, Fever, Stomach and digestion, Blood sugarUvariopsis tripetala 
Physic nut
Botuje · Lapalapa funfunUsed for: Wounds, Cough and breathing, SkinJatropha curcas
Ringworm bush
Ogala · Omirima · Asunwon oyinboUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Skin, Worms and parasites, Blood sugarSenna alata
Sausage tree
Amo-ibi · Uturubien · PandoroUsed for: Skin, InfectionsKigelia africana
Scent leaf
Nchuawun · Nchanwu · NchuanwaUsed for: Stomach and digestion, Fever, Skin, Pain and swellingOcimum gratissimum
Shea butter tree
Okwuma · Ori · EmiyemiUsed for: Pain and swelling, Wounds, Cough and breathing, Worms and parasitesVitellaria paradoxa
Siam weed
Ekamanturu · Ewe AkintolaUsed for: Wounds, Cough and breathing, Malaria, InfectionsChromolaena odorata
Soursop
Used for: Stomach and digestion, Malaria, Blood pressure, Blood sugarAnnona muricata
Spreading hogweed
Used for: Women's health, Wounds, InfectionsBoerhavia diffusa
Stonebreaker
Eyin olobeUsed for: Fever, Stomach and digestion, Blood sugar, MalariaPhyllanthus amarus
Stool wood
Egbun · AhunUsed for: Malaria, Women's health, Cough and breathing, Pain and swellingAlstonia boonei
Tamarind
TsamiyaUsed for: NutritionTamarindus indica
Thorn apple
Used for: Cough and breathing, Pain and swelling, Women's healthDatura stramonium
Turmeric
Boboch · Gangamau · KurkurUsed for: Nutrition, Stomach and digestion, Cough and breathing, SkinCurcuma longa
Uda
Uda · Eru-alamo · Eru-awonkaUsed for: Women's health, Cough and breathing, Worms and parasites, Stomach and digestionXylopia aethiopica
Ugba
UgbaUsed for: Nutrition, Wounds, Stomach and digestionPentaclethra macrophylla
Ugu
Ugu · Ugwu · IrokoUsed for: Nutrition, Blood sugar, Women's healthTelfairia occidentalis
Ukwa
UkwaUsed for: Nutrition, Blood sugarTreculia africana-
Utazi
Utazi · ArokekeUsed for: Nutrition, Blood sugar, Cough and breathingGongronemopsis latifolia 
Uziza
UzizaUsed for: Nutrition, Blood pressure, InfectionsPiper guineense
Violet tree
Uwar magunguna · SanyaUsed for: Malaria, Stomach and digestion, Pain and swelling, NutritionSecuridaca longepedunculata
Waterleaf
Mgbolodi · Gbure · AlenyruwaiUsed for: Nutrition, Malaria, Blood sugarTalinum fruticosum
Wild custard apple
Uburu-ọcha · Abo ibobo · Gwandar dajiUsed for: Worms and parasites, Stomach and digestion, Cough and breathing, Pain and swellingAnnona senegalensis
Zobo
ZoboUsed for: Nutrition, Blood pressure, Stomach and digestionHibiscus sabdariffa