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Paper Title
Traditional Medicinal Plants Used in Some selected kebelles of Woreda Ganta-Afeshum, Eastern Zone of Tigray Region, North Ethiopia
Authors
Mengisteab Gebrehiwot Meressa
Abstract
An ethnobotanical study was conducted from September 2016 to January 2017 to investigate the uses of medicinal plants by the Woreda Ganta-Afeshum people of 5 villages of Eastern zone of Tigray. The purpose of the study was to organize and document information on use, management and conservation of medicinal plants of some selected Kebelles of Woreda Ganta-Afeshum, Eastern Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia. Ethnomedicinal data were collected through semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, guided field walks, observation and group discussions with the informants.
A total of 40 (22 males and 13 females) traditional healers were interviewed. The study showed that preparation and administration of medicinal plants include several methods. The most frequently used plant parts for the preparations of remedy were leaves (54.17%), root (48.3%), bark (12.5%), fruits (8.3%), seed (6.67%), stem (4.17%), and all parts (4.17%). The medicinal plants that are widely used by the local people or have higher Informant consensus values are Rutachalepnesis (50%), Schinusmolle (45%), Vernoniaamygdalina (40%), Terminalliabrownii (35%), Sennasingueana (30%), Zingiberofficinale (25%), Linumusitatissimun (20%), Meriandradianthera (15%), Aloe elegance (10%) and Acacia etbaica (5%).
Keywords- Ethnobotany, Medicinal plant, Ganta-Afeshum, indigenous plants
Publication Details
Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1801082Page Number(s) - 483-487Pubished in - Volume 6 | Issue 1 | January 2018DOI (Digital Object Identifier) - Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)
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Mengisteab Gebrehiwot Meressa, "Traditional Medicinal Plants Used in Some selected kebelles of Woreda Ganta-Afeshum, Eastern Zone of Tigray Region, North Ethiopia", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.6, Issue 1, pp.483-487, January 2018, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1801082.pdf
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