ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for wound healing in uzo-uwani local government area enugu state nigeria

Background: due to numerous advantages derived from the use of plants, at least 70% of the indigenes of the uzo-uwani local government area (lga) depend on plants. objectives: the present study was performed to survey medicinal plants used for wound healing by the indigenes of communities in uzo-uwani lga, nigeria. methods: a survey was conducted from february to september 2022 to find out plants that are employed for wound healing by the indigenes. information was gathered through oral interviews, including semi-structured questionnaires, with traditional medicine practitioners in each community, herbalists, and elderly villagers. results: overall, 33 plants belonging to 26 families were identified consisting of trees (51.51%), herbs (33.33%), and shrubs (15.15%), and 15.15%, 36.36%, and 48.48% were endangered, threatened, and neither threatened nor endangered, respectively. from the findings, 51.51%, 24.24%, and 24.24% were collected wild, wild plus cultivated, and cultivated, respectively. fabaceae (21.21%) and asteraceae (9.10%) families were the highest used species for wound healing, respectively, followed by liliaceae (6.10%) and rubiaceae (6.10%) families. leaves (36.36%) were the most frequently used part, followed by the stembarks (27.27%), whole plant (12.12%), and roots (9.10%), seeds (9.10%), as well as shoot, fruits/pods, and aerial parts (3.03% each). decoction (72.72%) and infusion (27.27%) were the prominent methods of use. pycnanthus angolensis had the highest use value (1.04%), fidelity level (100%), informants’ consensus factor (0.66 %), and rahman’s similarity index (rsi) (84.06%) but low citation. conclusion: our findings documented medicinal plants used as ethnomedicinal prescriptions for wound healing by the indigenes with the view to providing alternate drug sources.