Ethno-medicinal study of plants used for treatment of human and livestock ailments by traditional healers in South Omo, Southern Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tolossa, Ketema ^a   Debela, Etana ^a   Athanasiadou, Spiridoula ^b   Tolera, Adugna ^a   Ganga, Gebeyehu ^c   Houdijk, Jos G M ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Southern Agricultural Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ailments; Ethnomedicine; Informants consensus factor; Medicinal plants; South Omo; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; GERANIACEAE; LAMIACEAE; PLUMBAGINACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84878897308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-32     Document Type: Article

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