Medicinal plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections by lay people in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-20

  De Wet, H ^a   Nzama, V N ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Maputaland; Medicinal plants; Sexually transmitted infections; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; ROOT; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETABLE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; MAPUTALAND; SOUTH AFRICA;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRIDELIA; CHAMAESYCE HYPERICIFOLIA; CLEMATIS; ERIANTHEMUM DREGEI; EUPHORBIA; HYPOXIS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; KALANCHOE PINNATA; MIMUSOPS; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA; PYRENACANTHA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS MULTIFIDUS; SENECIO;

EID: 84855955824     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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