Our research in the next few weeks will be focused on African Plants with particular reference to Sudan and their medicinal uses and properties if known:
Family Name : Aizoaceae
Botanical Name: Trianthema pentandra L.
Vernacular Name (Common Name): Rabaa & Rabah (Arab); Lom (Dinka – Kenissa).
Medicinal Use: The plant is used as an astringent in abdominal diseases. The Sudanese mix one spoonful of pounded roots with one rotl (less than or equal to 500 ml) of Marissa and use the mixture as a remedy for gonorrhea, the doses being taken for three days.
Active Principle: Unknown.
