1. AN INVENTORY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY THE NANDI PEOPLE IN TREATMENT AGAINST MALARIA
Jeruto Pascaline *, Mutai Charles^ and Ouma George*^
*Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), P.O Box 249 Kitale, Kenya; ^Center for Traditional Medicine and Drug Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box , Nairobi, Kenya; *^Department of Botany and Horticulture,Maseno University, P.O. Box 333, Maseno, Kenya

2. BACKGROUND
Plants useful - food, shelter, clothing, fuel, medicine, crafts, cosmetics, income & employment (Balick,1996;Karori, 2003; Olembo,1995;Kokwaro,1976 &1993).
Herbal products- spices, tisane, medicinal raw materials, aromatics plants, functional food ingredients, essential oils, flavourings, fragrance products, dietary supplements and ecological balance (Kokwaro, 1976).
80-90% Africa population(WHO,2001).
Increased demand both locally and internationally - High population, poverty (rural and urban), increased awareness, high cost of modern medicine, limited access to trained doctors, food scarcity (dry and famine seasons).

3. IeCAB2010 Symposium held 1-15th June 2010
Introduction…
Malaria- major disease; affects over 90 countries; 10% of global population
Cause million fever cases & 3 million deaths annually
Develops resistant strains of Plasmodium to drugs (derived from medicinal plants.
IeCAB2010 Symposium held 1-15th June 2010

4. Objectives
To carry out an ethnobotanical survey and document some medicinal plants used for treatment of malaria and its symptoms.

5. Materials and methods
Face to face interviews & semi-structured questionnaire were administered
Information on medicinal use was taken to be correct if given by 3 or more informants.
Ethno-information-vernacular name, part used, preparation and dosage.
Herbarium specimens were collected using standard herbarium techniques ( Leenhout,1968 and Stace ,1993) & Identified at UON and East Africa Herbaria
Authentic specimens deposited – Botanic garden Maseno university herbarium (future reference)

6. RESULTS 44 medicinal plants identified-27 families
Habit of mostly used herbal plants are shrubs (21species) & trees (10 species) and herbs (9 species).
Liana least used (4 species)
Plant parts frequently used – roots 58.06%, bark (40.32%) and leaves (32.26%)

7. Plant parts utilized in herbal medicines
PART UTILIZED
FREQUENCY
PERCENTAGE (%)
Roots 36
58.06
Leaves 20
32.26
Bark 25
40.32
Seeds 1
41.61
Whole plant 3
4.84
Flowers
1.61
Bulb
Total
100

8. Conclusions
Survey helped bring to light the uses of plant species; utility and potentials that were previously little known.
The result indicates richness of medicinal floristic diversity in Nandi district and possible on-farm conservation.

9. Acknowledgment SGS- Grants
Nandi people for sharing generously their knowledge of medicinal plants with us
Co-authors
SGS- Grants

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