Abstract:
An ethnological study of plants used in beauty care among the Fulani tribes uin
Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State was conducted. The
information was obtained through interview by the use of questionnaires distributed
to the respondents identified by random sampling such as shepherd, farmers and
civil servant, all of them from Fulani tribes. These plants were various plant parts of
single and multiple plants, majority of the preparation was made using water as a medium, the mode of
application are topical but in some cases administered orally.
Out of the 100 questionnaires in each district administered, 90 respondents were
recorded. The study revealed 27 plant species belonging to 22 families were
encountered. The plant Neem tree (A
zardirachta indica
and
Ziziphus jujube
) has the
highest percentage of occurrence in three (3) villages. Leaves and seeds were found
to be the most used part of the plants.
