Etude floristique, écologique et phytogéographique des plantes médicinales de la province de Mai-Ndombe en République Démocratique du Congo (R.D. Congo)

Publication Date : 29/08/2026

DOI: 10.59228/rcst.026.v5.i3.333

Author(s) :

Bovic Famina Mpeki, Lemmy kanda Lassa, Blaise Kapesa Bikandu, Guy Bayeli Is’Omponga Ilumbe, Félicien Luyeye Lukoki.

Volume/Issue :

Volume 5

Issue 3

(08 - 2026)

Abstract :

This study was conducted in the province of Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo. Its objective was to inventoried and value the medicinal plants used by the local population. To do this, the floristico-ecological and phytogeographic methods have been applied. The previous examination of this investigation allowed to establish a floral list of 270 medicinal species belonging to 195 genera and 74 families in which the Fabaceae are the most dominant with 32 species, or 11.9%. This flower is composed mostly of woody plants; usually several species of phanerophytes, mesophylls, sarcochores, mainly forest and belong to the pantropical and guineo-congolese elements.