This study assessed the diversity and distribution of trees and shrubs in a 16 ha disturbed plot in the Takamanda Rainforest. Linear transects (8) were laid in the field which radiated from the centre of the plot. The girth of the trees and shrubs were measured and species identified. A total of 99 species (72 trees and 27 shrubs) belonging to 87 genera and 34 families were recorded. Caesalpinaceae was the most represented tree family (9 species) while Rubiaceae was the most represented among shrubs (9 species). Baphia nitida recorded the highest tree density (143.75 individual's ha

An ethnobotanical study was conducted around the periphery of the Takamanda National Park (TNP) Cameroon, through semistructured questionnaires, interview, and field survey. The study aimed at recording traditional knowledge on the use of plants to cure common ailments and provide information towards the conservation of indigenous medicinal plants. Thirty-nine (39) plant species belonging to 26 plant families were reported to cure about 45 ailments in the (Ebinsi, Kajifu 1, Kajifu 2, Kekukesim and Takamanda) villages. 29 of the 39 species were common (mostly seen in the community) and ten of the 39 species were rare (uncommonly seen in the community). Aframomum flavum, Garcinia kola and Elaeis guineensis had the highest (100%) fidelity level (traditional healers who cited the same species to cure a particular ailment) while Carpolobia alba (40%) and Alchornea cordifolia (33%) had the least fidelity levels. Tree barks (25%) and leaves (21%) were the commonly used plant parts. Decoction (37.3%) and juice (18.6%) were the methods mostly used for the preparation of remedies. Treatments were administered orally (58%), the most frequently used route of administration, or topically, through enema, steam bath and inhalation. The importance of traditional medicines and indigenous knowledge should be encouraged, conserved and documented.