Contribution to the inventory of medicinal plants from the Bushi area, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The traditional phytotherapy of the lay population from the Bushi area has been surveyed from 1980 to 1990. A new record of 170 medicinal plants species representing 139 genera and 68 families has been made. Details regarding the preparation and administration of plant drugs are given.
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Medicinal Plants Conservation Group, Department of Forestry, Institut Supérieur d'Ecologie pour la Conservation de la Nature, ISEC, Lwiro, P.O. Box 293, Cyangugu, Rwanda. infobukavu@bushnet.net
D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D006801:Humans; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal