title: Contribution to the inventory of medicinal plants from the Bushi area, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chifundera
mesh_terms: D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D006801:Humans; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal