Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan.

Background: The documentation of ethnobotanical knowledge in Sudan is restricted to specific regions, and there is a far-reaching lack of written information on the traditional use of medicinal plants in other places like Darfur State, in western Sudan. The present study was designed to document the medicinal plants used in traditional medicine of Melit area in North Darfur State.

Method: Ethnomedicinal information was collected from 135 local informants through semi-structured questionnaires.