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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants around 'Dheeraa' town, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia.
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The studied medicinal plants were those used in traditional health care of humans and livestock and only very few individuals of each species were found in the area and this might be attributed to the ongoing habitat modification and loss of natural vegetation.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 2007-05-30. It has received 217 citations till now.read more
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Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical study.
TL;DR: Acculturation of the young generation has been found to be the major treat to the continuation of traditional medical knowledge and practice in the study area and efforts should be made to incorporate traditional medicine in school curricula so that younger people could appreciate its usefulness.
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An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wonago Woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia
TL;DR: The documented medicinal plants can serve as a basis for further studies on the regions medicinal plants knowledge and for future phytochemical and pharmacological studies.
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An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Mana Angetu District, southeastern Ethiopia
TL;DR: Documenting the eroding plants and associated indigenous knowledge can be used as a basis for developing management plans for conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants in the area.
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Ethnopharmacological field studies: a critical assessment of their conceptual basis and methods.
TL;DR: A review of recent ethnopharmacological field studies in order to highlight achievements and future needs for improving the quality of such studies and minimal conceptual and methodological requirements for use in future projects.
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A survey of medicinal plants used by kavirajes of chalna area, khulna district, bangladesh
Mohammed Rahmatullah,Dilara Ferdausi,AH Mollik,Rownak Jahan,Majeedul H. Chowdhury,Wahid Mozammel Haque +5 more
TL;DR: These plant species offer considerable potential for discovery of novel compounds of pharmacological interest among the Kavirajes of Chalna area, Khulna district, Bangladesh.
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Plants, People and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany
Michael J. Balick,Paul Alan Cox +1 more
TL;DR: People and plants plants that heal from hunting and gathering to haute cuisine plants as the basis for material culture entering the other world biological conservation and ethnobotany.
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An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Zay people in Ethiopia
TL;DR: Results of the survey showed that leaf materials form the major component of plant parts harvested, and the majority of the remedies are prepared in the form of juice from freshly collected plant parts.