A survey on utilization of ethnomedicinal plants in Nekemte town, East Wellega (Oromia), Ethiopia

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-57

  Suleman, Sultan ^a   Alemu, Tamirat ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Nekemte Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicine; indigenous knowledge; medicinal plants; Nekemte; Oromo; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTES ASPERA EXTRACT; ACOKANTHERA SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; AJUGA REMOTA EXTRACT; BRUCEA ANTIDYSENTERICA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CALPURNIA AUREA EXTRACT; CLAUSENA ANISATA EXTRACT; CLEMATIS LONGICAUDA EXTRACT; COFFEE ARABICA EXTRACT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; ECHINOPS LONGIFOLIUS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA AMPLIPHYLLA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JUSTICIA SCHIMPERIANA EXTRACT; KALANCHOE LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; MILLETTIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; PAVONIA VENUSTA EXTRACT; PILEA BREVISTIPULA EXTRACT; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; PORTULACA QUADRIFIDA EXTRACT; PYGEUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; RUMEX ABYSSINICUS EXTRACT; RUMEX NEPALENSIS EXTRACT; SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA EXTRACT; STEPHANIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; XIMENIA AMERICANA EXTRACT;

DEFORESTATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DROUGHT; ETHNOBOTANY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMEBIASIS; ASCARIASIS; ASTHMA; BARK; BREAST CANCER; COUGHING; DANDRUFF; DEFORESTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DROUGHT; EAR INFECTION; EPISTAXIS; ETHIOPIA; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRUIT; GANGRENE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GONORRHEA; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HEPATITIS; HERB; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INFECTION; LEPROSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PRESCRIPTION; RABIES; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEIZURE; SHRUB; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SNAKEBITE; TONSILLITIS; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUMOR; URBANIZATION; WOUND;

ETHIOPIA; OROMIA;

EID: 84859201716     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2011.645188     Document Type: Review

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