Ethnomedicinal study of plants used in villages around Kimboza forest reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Amri, Ezekiel ^a   Kisangau, Daniel P ^b  

^a DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^b SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ethnobotany; Kimboza forest; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MORACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERNIA; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STRUCTURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; TREE;

ADULT; AGED; COUGH; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TREES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84855461446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-1     Document Type: Article

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