Medicinal plants of the Shinasha, Agew-awi and Amhara peoples in northwest Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 516-525

  Giday, Mirutse ^a   Teklehaymanot, Tilahun ^a   Animut, Abebe ^a   Mekonnen, Yalemtsehay ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agew Awi; Amhara; Ethiopia; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Shinahsa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALPURNIA AUREA; CLEMATIS HIRSUTA; CROTON; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; CYNOGLOSSUM MACROSTACHYUS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; SKIN DISEASE; SWEATING; ZEHNERIA SCABRA;

DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CALPURNIA AUREA; CLEMATIS HIRSUTA; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; CYNOGLOSSUM COERULEUM; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; ZEHNERIA;

EID: 33847707686     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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