An ethnobotanical survey of traditional medicinal plants used against tuberculosis and symptoms associated in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Abstract. Kande B, Grah ZM, Moyabi AGA, Soro Y, Kone WM. 2023. An ethnobotanical survey of traditional medicinal plants used against tuberculosis and symptoms associated in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). Asian J Ethnobiol 6: 38-47. Infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, are responsible for one-third the world's mortality due to mechanism resistance antibiotics. Faced with this alarming situation, search active principles from natural substances is a primordial need. In study, semi-structured questionnaires conducted an Abidjan. Information was gathered 171 herbalists. The respondents were asked questions regarding their use treat symptoms. entailing symptoms, plant parts used, mode preparation, dosage recorded. results showed that it known among medicine practitioners cure but better understood by its These surveys revealed diversity 41 species disease They mostly trees. Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae), Bombax costatum Pellegr. Vuillet (Bombacaceae), Ficus sur Forssk. (Moraceae), Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. (Bignoniaceae), Nephrolepis bisserata (Sw.) Schott (Nephrolepidaceae), Terminalia glaucescens Planch. ex (Combretaceae) Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. (Sapotaceae) most cited species. Leaves organs, decoction main oral route way administer remedies.