ETUDE ETHNOBOTANIQUE DE QUELQUES PLANTES MEDICINALES UTILISEES PAR LES POPULATIONS KOULANGO ET LOBI DE LA PERIPHERIE EST DU PARC NATIONAL DE LA COMOE (COTE DIVOIRE)

Abstract

In order to know and to develop medicinal plants traditionally used by Koulango and Lobi people from Bounkani (Cote dIvoire) and establish a catalog of these plants in that area, an ethnobotanical study was conducted. It was developed through an ethnobotanical survey followed by a botanical inventory of the quoted medicinal plants. Information was gathered through house-to-house and walk-in-the-wood method guided by a semi-structured interview on the knowledge of medicinal plants. At the end of the survey, 101 plants species belonging 34 families among which, Leguminosae (21,21%) are the most represented. The results of that study showed that the leaves are the most used organ (54,41%). The most used pharmaceutical form is the decoction (64,09%). Oral with 42,147% is the principal administration way of the drugs. Among all the treated pathologies, malaria (21,415%) was the most quoted disease. Azadirachta indica (Vu = 1,289) is the only most used plant. In addition, these results can be regarded as a source of information for scientific research in the field of phytochemistry, and pharmacology.