ABSTRACT
A bibliographic ethno-botanical survey was carried out on the medicinal plants used for the treatment of gyneco-obstetric problems in some regions of Cameroon by traditional medical practitioners and the indigenous people since the dawn of time. This survey gives a summary of medicinal plant species used in some regions of Cameroon. The data represent Cameroonian medicinal plants including their sources, families, species, local names and parts of plant used for specific treatments. From this investigative study, 73 plant species belonging to 33 families were identified. Asteraceae, Mimosaceae and Moraceae were the most recorded families of the plant. The plants are used as leaves, fruits, roots, barks or whole plant to prepare recipes for the treatment. The chemical structures of some of the isolated compounds from these plants are also presented. Since there are unexploited traditional medicinal plants that need to be utilized by the indigenous people and pharmaceutical industries, there is a need for the experimental integration of traditional medicine to determine the active phytochemical present in these plants.
