PLANTS USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE BY HAYAS OF THE KAGERA REGION, TANZANIA

This paper provides a brief account of 31 plants associated with herba l remedies among the Hayas, a tribe of Kagera region, Tanzania. Report s from informants were obtained during field studies in June 1987. For each species are given the botanical name, vernacular name, collectio n number, locality, habit, distribution and medical uses. The data are compared with information from literature for medical uses, and liste d isolated constituents and pharmacological effects. The Hayas have ha d a rich herbal folklore, but this is fading due to increasing accultu ration and depletion of plant cover.