Traditional healers and laypeople: A qualitative and quantitative approach to local knowledge on medicinal plants in Muda (Mozambique)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 543-563

  Bruschi, Piero ^a   Morganti, Michela ^a   Mancini, Matteo ^a   Signorini, Maria Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Knowledge distribution; Mozambique; Muda; Quantitative analyses; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARK; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MOZAMBIQUE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CISSUS; CLEMATIS; COMBRETUM; DIOSCOREA COCHLEARI-APICULATA; GREWIA; HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS; INDIGOFERA; IPOMOEA; VERNONIA COLORATA; XIMENIA CAFFRA; ZANHA;

EID: 81255135696     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.09.055     Document Type: Article

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