In Africa, especially in the Indian Ocean islands, medicinal uses of Catharanthus roseus are manifold and are similar to those in Asia. A decoction of all parts of Catharanthus roseus is well known as an oral hypoglycaemic agent. The decoction is also taken to treat malaria, dengue fever, diarrhoea, diabetes, cancer and skin diseases.Read more

We are a group of people who began learning the entrepreneurial industrial production of medicinal plants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in November 2008. We are 26 Congolese men and women who each have a parcel of land intended for the cultivation of medicinal plants (with an average of 10 hectares per person). These parcels of land are scattered throughout the different provinces of the DRC.

Read now their collective testimony...Read more