Non-wood forest products - country information

Plants and plant products

Food

Fodder

Medicines

At least 60 medicinal (and aromatic) plants, which either occur naturally or are cultivated, exist in Sudan. Important medicinal plants include Acacia nilotica, Adansonia digitata, Cassia senna, Grewia spp. and Tamarindus indica. They are used in traditional medicine as well as by industry for the preparation of derivatives. Plants which are not cultivated on a commercial scale, such as Senna alexandria, are gathered at random (Eltohami, 1995).

Exudates

Perfume and cosmetics

Dying and tanning

Utensils, handicrafts & construction materials