Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by sabaots of mt. Elgon kenya

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Okello, S V ^a   Nyunja, R O ^a   Netondo, G W ^a   Onyango, J C ^a  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicine; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plant; Sabaots; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACANTHACEAE; AGAVACEAE; ALLOPATHY; AMARANTHACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; APIALES; APOCYNACEAE; ARALIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BALSAMINACEAE; BARK; BIGNONIACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; CAPPARACEAE; CELASTRACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA; FLOWER; FRUIT; KENYA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOOD;

EID: 77958055052     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v7i1.57223     Document Type: Article

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