Report on the Establishment of a Database for Published Information on Medicinal Plants of Africa

Appendix includedThe importance of plants as source of medicines in Africa has been acknowledge since the beginning of human culture. The majority of traditional healers in Africa use medicinal plants as a source of drugs for treating their patients. Apart from drugs, plants are also used as a source of fuel, construction material and as food. As a result of population growth, plants are now being cut to clear land for farming. The above activities are rapidly causing a depletion of plants including medicinal plants. Some have reached a state of extinction..