Medicinal Plants Used by Rwandese Traditional Healers in Refugee Camps in Tanzania

This paper gives an account of 57 medicinal plants which were identified after interviewing Rwandese traditional healers in refugee camps in Ngara District, Kagera region, Tanzania. The plants were used by the healers to perform their traditional medical practice in the camps.

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