Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the Maseru district of Lesotho

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-200

  Seleteng Kose, Lerato ^a   Moteetee, Annah ^a   Van Vuuren, Sandy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Herbalists; Lesotho; Medicinal plants; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ARALIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGACEAE; ASPHODELACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; DICOMA ANOMALA; EBENACEAE; ELEPHANTORRHIZA ELEPHANTINA; ERIOCEPHALUS; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; GERANIACEAE; HYACINTHACEAE; HYPOXIDACEAE; HYPOXIS HERMEROCALLIDEA; LAMIACEAE; LEOBORDEA LANCEOLATA; LESOTHO; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORELLA SERRATA; MYRICACEAE; PENTANISIA PRUNELLOIDES; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RURAL AREA; SALVIA RUNCINATA; SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SELAGINELLACEAE; SOLANACEAE; TEPHROSIA CAPENSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; ASPHODELACEAE; ASTERACEAE; DICOMA ANOMALA; ELEPHANTORRHIZA ELEPHANTINA; ERIOCEPHALUS; FABACEAE; HYPOXIS; LANCEOLATA; MORELLA; PENTANISIA PRUNELLOIDES; POACEAE; SALVIA; SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA; TEPHROSIA; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LESOTHO; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930615137     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.04.047     Document Type: Article

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