SOME SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS OF KAYA KAUMA AND KAYA TSOLOKERO OF KENYA
Journal Title: Pollution and Public Health - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
The Kaya forest is considered to be an intrinsic source of ritual power and the origin of cultural identity among the Mijikenda community besides being a place of prayer. The Kaya forests of coastal Kenya are thus one example of a phenomenon that has been described from many other African countries and other continents. Communities living around these two forests depend on the diversity of flora for their livelihoods and medicinal requirements. The local herbalists use indigenous trees and shrubs to treat a variety of diseases. Communities around the Kayas have knowledge to prepare a variety of medicinal formulations to treat diseases which have been passed down through generations. In a survey study conducted in communities living around Kaya Kauma and Tsolokero, 55 medicinal plant species were stated by herbalist as medicinal. In this review eleven plant species are reported for their ability to supress disease causing bacteria. An analysis in the laboratory to check on the medicinal efficacy of these plants was done using a protocol that was adopted from the local medicinal practitioners against S. aureus and E. coli using the dual plating method. Some of the perceived medicinal plants by these practitioners and the community exhibited medicinal ability expressed by a clear growth inhibition zones. The inhibition of growth by extracts from these plants supports the ethnobotanical applications of these plants as medicinal.
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Jolly Rajat
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