Medicinal plants and their uses by the people in the Region of Randa, Djibouti

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 701-713

  Hassan Abdallah, Alshaimaa ^a   Merito, Ali ^a   Hassan, Souad ^a   Aboubaker, Djaltou ^a   Djama, Mahdi ^a   Asfaw, Zemede ^b   Kelbessa, Ensermu ^b  

^a CERD   (Djibouti)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Traditional medicinal plants Ethnobotanical leads ICF Randa Djibouti

Indexed keywords

ACACIA ETBAICA; ACALYPHA INDICA; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DJIBOUTI; DODONEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; EYE DISEASE; FABACEAE; FAGONIA SCHWEINFURTHII; GREWIA ERYTHRAEA; GREWIA TEMBENSIS; HEALING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HERBAL MEDICINE; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SENNA ALEXANDRINA; SOLANUM COAGULANS; SOLANUM CORDATUM;

DATA COLLECTION; DJIBOUTI; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ACACIA ETBAICA; ACALYPHA INDICA; DODONEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; FABACEAE; FAGONIA; GREWIA; GREWIA ERYTHRAEA; SENNA ALEXANDRINA; SOLANUM;

EID: 84879410321     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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