Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: An ethnobotanical study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-521

  Mirutse Giday, ^a   Zemede Asfaw, ^a   Zerihun Woldu, ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Meinit people; Meinit Goldya District

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ACALYPHA VILLICAULIS; ACALYPHA VOLKENSII; AJUGA INTEGRIFOLIA; AMORPHOPHALLUS GALLAENSIS; ARDISIANDRA SIBTHORPIOIDES; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BARK; BERSAMA ABYSSINICA; BOTHRIOCLINE SCHIMPERI; CARISSA SPINARUM; CATARACT; CIRSIUM ENGLERIANUM; CISSAMPELOS MUCRONATA; CLEMATIS HIRSUTA; CLERODENDRUM MYRICOIDES; COMMON COLD; CONYZA BONARIENSIS; CORDIA AFRICANA; COUGHING; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; CYNOGLOSSUM AMPLIFOLIUM; CYPERUS; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DIARRHEA; DICLIPTERA LAXATA; DICROCEPHALA INTEGRIFOLIA; DISSOTIS SENEGAMBIENSIS; DYSENTERY; EMBELIA SCHIMPERI; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE INFECTION; FICUS VASTA; GALINSOGA QUADRIRADIATA; GARDENIA TERNIFOLIA; GINGER; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA; HUMAN; INDIGOFERA ARRECTA; INDIGOFERA GARCKEANA; INDIGOFERA SPICATA; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; LEUCAS DEFLEXA; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROGLOSSA PYRIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM LAMIIFOLIUM; PENTAS LANCEOLATA; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PRURITUS; RABIES; RANUNCULUS MULTIFIDUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETAINED PLACENTA; RHUS RUSPOLII; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RITCHIEA ALBERSII; RUBUS STEUDNERI; RUMEX NEPALENSIS; SIDA COLLINA; SIDA URENS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN SWELLING; SNAKEBITE; STEPHANIA ABYSSINICA; STOMACH PAIN; TAENIASIS; TEPHROSIA ELATA; TEPHROSIA VILLOSA; TOBACCO; TONSILLITIS; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA; VERNONIA AURICULIFERA; WOUND;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; EMBELIA SCHIMPERI; LEUCAS DEFLEXA; RUMEX NEPALENSIS;

EID: 67650675047     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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