Traditional medicinal knowledge of woody species across climatic zones in Benin (West Africa)

CC Ahoyo, TD Houéhanou, AS Yaoïtcha, K Prinz… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Plant parts are often used by local people to treat their
affections. This study addressed the Traditional Medicinal Knowledge of woody species in …

Local knowledge, practices, challenges of ethnopharmacologically used medicinal plants in Benin and implications for brain illnesses

G Dougnon, VT Dougnon, JR Klotoé, E Agbodjento… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Traditional medicine (TM) is a significant resource for primary healthcare management all
over the world, and principally in Africa. Quality improvement activities that promote …

How do plant demographic and ecological traits combined with social dynamics and human traits affect woody plant selection for medicinal uses in Benin (West Africa) …

CC Ahoyo, TD Houéhanou, AS Yaoitcha… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2024 - Springer
Background Several hypotheses have been used in ethnobotany to explain the plant's
selection criteria by people for their daily needs. Thus, it is important to assess synergy and …

An ethnobotanical survey of seventeen plants species used against diarrhoea and other diseases in southern Benin (West Africa)

V Dougnon, E Agbodjento, E Hounsa… - … Società Italiana di …, 2021 - pagepressjournals.org
Many plants are widely used in traditional medicine across Africa. In Benin, practitioners of
Beninese traditional medicine make use of diverse medicinal plants in the traditional …

An ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal survey of traditionally used medicinal plants in Seymour, South Africa: An attempt toward digitization and preservation of ethnic …

LV Buwa-Komoren, B Mayekiso, Z Mhinana… - Pharmacognosy …, 2019 - phcog.com
Introduction: Medicinal plants have been used for the treatment of both infectious and
noninfectious diseases by the majority of the world's population for many years. The low …

Wild medicinal and food plants used by communities living in Mopane woodlands of southern Angola: Results of an ethnobotanical field investigation

V Urso, MA Signorini, M Tonini, P Bruschi - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Mopane woodlands play an important role in the
livelihood strategies of local populations; however, they have been scarcely investigated by …

Medicinal use patterns of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth. and Vitellaria paradoxa (Gaertn. F), two important traditional agroforestry species in Benin, West-Africa

OGR Odounharo, SC Gnansounou, KV Salako… - Advances in traditional …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract In West Africa, African locust bean (P. biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth.) and Shea (V.
paradoxa (Gaertn. F) are among the most important multipurpose plant species commonly …

Medicinal plants used by 'root doctors', local traditional healers in Bié province, Angola

B Novotna, Z Polesny, MF Pinto-Basto… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance This study is one of the first post-civil war efforts to
document traditional botanical knowledge in Bié province, central Angola, in a first step to …

Management of diabetes in Guinean traditional medicine: an ethnobotanical investigation in the coastal lowlands

A Diallo, MS Traore, SM Keita, MA Balde… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: This survey was carried out in the coastal
lowlands of Guinea–Conakry in order to make an inventory of plants used by traditional …

Turning folklore into an ethnomedicinal catalogue Medicinal Plants of South Africa , BE. van Wyk, B. van Oudtshoorn and N. Gericke: book review

NP Makunga - South African Journal of Science, 2009 - journals.co.za
Medicinal plants in South Africa contribute to both the health and livelihood of many
indigenous populations. The study of ethnobotany in the country is important not only as a …