Ethnobotanical study of plants with therapeutic value in the commune of Glazoué in Benin (West Africa)

The present study has as objective to contribute to better knowledge of these curative plants with a view to establishing a data bank. Data were collected based on questionnaire structured and semi structured to 235 individuals constituting the unpredictable sampling and belonging to three categories socio professional. In total, one drew up an inventory of 160 kinds of curative plants flat 65 families and 139 types. The family of Leguminosae is the most representing with 11 kinds of plants. Four curative plant kinds have a Relating Frequency of Quotation very significant (RFC), it is between other one of kinds Gardenia ternifolia (RFC = 0,98) and Pteleopsis suberosa (RFC = 0, 91). Besides, 42 other kinds have a degree of consensus on the very significant treatment (IAR) such as Senna occidentalis, Acanthospermum hispidum, Lannea barteri. Variables such as: age, sex, and religion constituted a factor determining in the knowledge of kinds for the treatment of diseases in the middle of study (P < 0,05). The majority of the investigating devote themselves more to the use of curative plants as practices adopted in case of diseases. It is therefore important that the conditions of working and of conservation of aforementioned plants are improved for the improved well-being of our populations which remain tied to traditional morals.