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Review of Antimalarial, Pesticidal and Repellent Plants in The Ethiopian Traditional Herbal MedicineBy M Meragiaw Meragiaw, Zemede Asfaw
Abstract: AbstractA bibliographic survey of information available in various sources was undertaken and a rich assamblege of plants used as antimalarials, insecticidals and repellents in the Ethiopian traditional herbal medicine system was compiled. Those plant species were tabulated in Excel spreadsheet and descriptive statistics applied for analysis of the data. A total of 177 plant species belonging to 148 genera and 65 families were documented. Shrubs (40.1%) and herbs (39.5%) accounted …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Herbal Science · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 21–45 Read article →
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Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) and Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northern EthiopiaBy M Meragiaw Meragiaw, Z Asfaw, M Argaw
Abstract: The present study was conducted in Delanta (Ethiopia) to document the use and management of wild edible plants (WEPs) and to assess the impacts of the 1984/85 resettlement program on these resources and associated indigenous knowledge (IK). Data were collected from 72 informants in six study sites through semi-structured interviews, guided field walk, simulation and group discussion, and analyzed using standard ethnobotanical tools including abundance score, ranking and comparison. In …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Herbal Science · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 8–26 Read article →