ISSN 2169-303X
International Journal of Medicinal Plants Research ISSN 2169-303X Vol. 9 (7), pp. 001-021, July, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Ethnobotanical uses of some plants of two ethnoecological regions of Cameroon
T. Jiofack1, 2*, C. Fokunang2, N. Guedje2, V. Kemeuze1, E. Fongnzossie3, B. A. Nkongmeneck3, P. M. Mapongmetsem4 and N. Tsabang5
1Millennium Ecologic Museum, P. O. Box 8038 Yaounde – Cameroon.
2Department of Pharmacy and African Phytotherapeutic, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon.
3Organisation pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (OPED), Cameroon.
4Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Cameroon. 5Medical Institute of Medicinal Plants Research, Yaounde – Cameroon.
Accepted 15 April, 2020
Abstract
This paper presents the result of a study on the herbal drugs that are used in two ethnoecological regions of Cameroon, namely littoral and south -west and Sudano-sahelian zones. The data were collected through direct interviews with herbalists, traditional healers and customers between 2006 and 2007 and the popular medicinal plants used to cure several diseases were inventorized. An inventory of 614 plants species belonging to 84 families was prepared along with their local and Latin names. The present study also gave details about the herbal cures of different disorders, based on the information provided by local herbalists or traditional healers. In all, 68% of the plants were used in the two regions to treat more than twenty important diseases.
Key words: Herbal drugs, medicinal plants, ethnoecological zone, Cameroon.