Traditional healing in Lesotho is reviewed, focusing on four aspects: 1, cultural practices; 2,
traditional health care practitioners; 3, dosage forms; 4, the materia medica. Cultural …

This review is a comprehensive compilation of the ethnobotany of the Basotho (residing both
in Lesotho and the Free State Province of South Africa) in its entirety. It includes all the …

The food plants of southern Africa have not yet been been systematically recorded and the
main patterns of plant use have therefore never been studied. The book by Fox and …

Wild indigenous vegetables have recently been receiving attention due to their accessibility
and potential to fight malnutrition. The current study investigated the nutritional profile of 10 …

Background We use taxonomy to organize the world into recognizable units. Folk taxonomy
deals with the naming and classification of organisms through culture. Unlike its scientific …

Despite a century's work in the UNESCO Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South
Africa, there has been no systematic consideration of the area's full foodplant regime when …

Several communities in developing countries derive substantial part of their livelihood needs
from alien plants cultivated and managed in home gardens. The aim of this study was to …

Aim We investigated whether cross‐cultural food plant selection in southern Africa is best
explained by language ancestry, floristic environment or subsistence strategy. Location The …

Urban agriculture can potentially lower global carbon emissions and create climate-resilient
livelihoods and food security. As part of this quest for sustainable development, living wall …

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) is a globally widespread tree of North American
origin, considered as a tree of economic importance in some countries and regarded as …