The use of some indigenous plants for medicinal and other purposes by local communities in namibia with emphasis on oshikoto region: A review

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-419

  Cheikhyoussef, A ^a   Mapaure, I ^a   Shapi, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Ethnobotanical studies; Indigenous knowledge system; Medicinal plant; Namibia; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ACACIA ATAXACANTHA EXTRACT; ACANTHOSYCIOS NAUDINIANA EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS NELSII EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS VIRGATUS EXTRACT; BOSICA ALBITRUNCA EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM TERNATUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM COLLINUM EXTRACT; CROTON GRATISSIMUS EXTRACT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; DIOSPYROS LYCIOIDES EXTRACT; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS EXTRACT; DREGIA MACRANTHA EXTRACT; ERYTHROPHEUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA MONTEIROI EXTRACT; HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; HARPAGOPHYTUM ZEYHERI EXTRACT; HELINUS INTERGRIFOLIUS EXTRACT; HELIOTROPIUM EXTRACT; KLEINIA LONGIFLORA EXTRACT; LONCHOCARPUS NELSII EXTRACT; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; PERGULARIA DAEMIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SENNA ITALIC EXTRACT; TRAGIA OKANYUA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIGNA DINTERI EXTRACT; XIMENIA AMERICANUM EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ACACIA ATAXACANTHA; ACANTHOSYCIOS NAUDINIANA; ASPARAGUS NELSII; ASPARAGUS VIRGATUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; BARK; BLEEDING; BOSICA ALBITRUNCA; BURN; CHICKENPOX; CLERODENDRUM TERNATUM; COMBRETUM COLLINUM; COMMUNITY; COUGHING; CROTON GRATISSIMUS; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DIOSPYROS LYCIOIDES; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS; DREGIA MACRANTHA; EAR INFECTION; ECZEMA; EPILEPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHROPHEUM AFRICANUM; ETHNICITY; EUPHORBIA MONTEIROI; FATIGUE; FEVER; FRUIT; GENERALIZED EDEMA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HARPAGOPHYTUM ZEYHERI; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELINUS INTERGRIFOLIUS; HELIOTROPIUM; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFLAMMATION; KLEINIA LONGIFLORA; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LONCHOCARPUS NELSII; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NAMIBIA; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; PERGULARIA DAEMIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT TUBER; PNEUMONIA; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SENNA ITALIC; SNAKEBITE; SYPHILIS; TETANUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAGIA OKANYUA; VIGNA DINTERI; XIMENIA AMERICANUM;

EID: 78649408608     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.406.419     Document Type: Review

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