Medicinal Forage Present in the Natural Pasture in Benin: Review Article

There’s a great opportunity of studying some underutilized forage in the natural pasture which had therapeutic properties. When comparing the pasture’s species list with African medicinal plants list, we had five forage, which have strong therapeutic properties. The leafy stems and leaves of Boerhavia diffusa are cut as a fodder for sheep and also used as medicinal plant in Asia and in Africa. Bridelia ferruginea is well known for its pharmacological properties. It’s also used as forage for sheep. In many parts of Africa and Asia the medicinal properties of Chamaecrista absus are used. In the Sahel and in Nigeria it is well liked by livestock, used to make silage and favor growth. In veterinary medicine Detarium microcarpum’s leaves and roots are used to treat diarrhea in cattle in southern Mali, and in Benin to treat constipation and fever in Niger. Khaya senegalensis is used in veterinary medicine. Its leaves were also used as fodder with low nutritional value. This article have choose to present those five forages, their use and their properties in the goal to offer a strategy to completely solve the problem of poor feeding and health management of ruminant livestock.