%0 Journal Article
%T Traditional Uses of Seven Medicinal Plants for Malaria Treatment in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
%A Zachari Kabre
%A Rakiswende Serge Yerbanga
%A Roland N&#226
%A g-Tiero Meda
%A Alassane Haro
%A Aminata Fofana
%A Sami Eric Kam
%A Eliasse Zongo
%A Benjamin Kouliga Koama
%A Hadidjatou Bel&#232
%A m
%A Windmi Kagamb&#232
%A ga
%A Hermann Yempabou Ouoba
%A Anyirekun Fabrice Some
%A Georges Anicet Ouedraogo
%A Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo
%J Advances in Infectious Diseases
%P 79-95
%@ 2164-2656
%D 2025
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aid.2025.151007
%X <b>Objective:</b> Malaria remains the leading cause of consultation, hospitalization and mortality in Burkina Faso&#8217;s health facilities. To treat this disease, the majority of the global population uses medicinal plants. The aim of this study was to investigate the traditional use of <i>A</i>. <i>leiocarpus</i>, <i>C</i>. <i>sieberiana</i>, <i>C</i>. <i>planchonii</i>, <i>S</i>. <i>longepedunculata</i>, <i>T</i>. <i>emetica</i>, <i>X</i>.<i> americana</i> and <i>Z</i>. <i>zanthoxylo&#239;des</i> by traditional healers for malaria treatment in Bobo-Dioulasso, to provide effective guidance for phyto-pharmacological studies. <b>Material and methods</b>: The plants were identified and authenticated by a botanist and specimens were used to conduct an ethnobotanical survey using a semi-structured, open-ended questionnaire. The survey focused on healers&#8217; socio-demographic profile and malaria knowledge, and on each plant&#8217;s ethnomedical uses for malaria treatment. The Relative Frequency Citation (RFC) index was used to calculate the frequency of plant use. <b>Results</b>: 48 traditional healers with good knowledge of medicinal plants and malaria symptoms were surveyed. <i>A</i>. <i>leiocarpus</i> (100%),<i> C</i>. <i>planchonii</i> (100%),<i> C</i>. <i>sieberiana</i> (77.1%) and <i>T</i>. <i>emetica</i> (56.25) were the plants most frequently cited as antimalarial drugs by the healers. For malaria treatment with each plant, healers used <i>C</i>. <i>planchonii</i> dried root decoction or maceration, <i>C</i>. <i>sieberiana</i> dried root decoction, all collected during the dry season, and<i> A</i>. <i>leiocarpus</i><i> and T</i>. <i>emetica</i> fresh leaves decoction, collected during the rainy season. Treatments were administered orally. All the plants are also used to treat various other pathologies. <b>Conclusions</b>: The results of this study could serve as a basis for pharmacological investigations of these plants for malaria treatment.
%K Ethnobotanical Survey
%K Traditional Healers
%K Malaria
%K Bobo-Dioulasso
%K Burkina Faso
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=140249