SOME MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF THE SUDAN: A REVIEW
A Handbook of Botanical Names, Vernacular Names, Uses, and Active Principle of Some Native Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of North and South Sudan.
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The author would like to state that this book is not about politics or special political group, but about the greatness of the people of this country, the Sudan (north and south), the country of my birth. It is very obvious that the source of medicinal information provided in this book, does not relate to “Witchcraft or Witch Doctors’ but from real people who survived that long because of their capacity to discover through trial and error what works and what doesn’t. This spirit is cemented by the vast knowledge derived from a pluralistic tribal society that embraced not only people of different languages and habits but a culture that survived the ups and downs of life on earth. This book gives credit to all Sudanese tribes including Arab, Nuba, Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Zande, Golo, Jur, Bari, Hameg, Hadendowa, Baggara, Rashida, Fur, Barun, Bongo, Durum, and Fung. One must also not forget the good and diligent work of the British colonists who saw the value of this knowledge and recorded it for future generations.
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The main points of writing this book is to present to the reader that there is hope in life provided by native plants which were created before man was created in the garden of Eden according to biblical evidence. Our creator loved man so much that he wanted to ensure that life is sustained in the present and future as we go through our wreck less lives sometimes. Our creator knew our needs as we go through motions of life on earth as well space exploration by resolving physical and planetary issues including food supply, de-carbonization and well-being of his creation at large. The author believes in the existence of a loving and caring God for his creation. The garden of Eden was created by the Almighty God to provide food, shade for all his creation including animals. The author believes we should never under-estimate the creation of plants because they are used physically to produce warmth during cold and a wooden cross to provide salvation of man from sin through the death of our Lord and saviour and King Jesus Christ. Plants go through fire to regenerate the land and provide food for animals. At the same time plants can be poisonous and invasive. The author has spent most of his life working as an agricultural botanist in universities as well as research stations in Australia and is aware of the environmental, economic and social impacts of native plants in addition to sound and well informed ecological management of plants based on science.
About the Author
The reader should be interested in the voice of the author of this book because he obtained his undergraduate and post-graduate education in the local national university background of Khartoum University as well as in the international Scottish University of Aberdeen securing a Ph.D. there. The author also worked with German Scientists and published a book titled “A Review of Plants of Northern Sudan” in Hamburg by the GTZ. The author was also privileged to work in Australia for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and published more than 80 research papers in international scientific journals particularly on invasive weeds including Witchweed and bellyache bush in associations with other distinguished scientists.