Medicinal plants potential and use by pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Erer Valley of Babile Wereda, Eastern Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Belayneh, Anteneh ^a   Asfaw, Zemede ^b   Demissew, Sebsebe ^b   Bussa, Negussie F ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agro pastoralists; Babile; Eastern Ethiopia; Erer Valley; Ethnomedicinal plants; Pastoralists

Indexed keywords

ALOE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COTYLEDON (GENUS); HYDNORA JOHANNIS;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84867645503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-42     Document Type: Article

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