Ethnobotany survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of fibroid in Ogun and Osun States, southwestern, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was aimed at documenting information of ethno-botanical survey of plants traditional used as medicine in the treatment of fibroid in Ogun and Osun States, Nigeria. Structured and open-ended questionnaire were administered to respondents for data collection. Multistage sampling technique with a four stage design, simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used for this study. Four and six Local Government Areas were selected purposively from Ogun and Osun States, respectively. A total number of 192 respondents were interviewed; results showed that majority of the respondents were males in Ogun state (72.8%) and Osun state (65.8%). The mean ages of the respondents for Ogun and Osun state were 49.3 years and 50.2 years respectively. Most of the respondents had secondary school education in Ogun (34.6%) and Osun (33.3%) states respectively, while, 71.6% and 64.9% of the traditional healers and herb sellers were Muslims in Ogun and Osun states respectively. A sum of 102 plants species belonging to 49 families were found. Euphorbiaceae had the highest frequency of family species followed by Annonaceae.

Keywords: Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Fibroid treatment