Wild medicinal and food plants used by communities living in Mopane woodlands of southern Angola: Results of an ethnobotanical field investigation

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 177, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-139

  Urso, Valeria ^a   Signorini, Maria Adele ^a   Tonini, Matteo ^b   Bruschi, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b FAO Angola   (Angola)

Author keywords

Angola; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Mopane; Traditional knowledge; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BERCHEMIA DISCOLOR; BEVERAGE; COLD; COMMUNITY LIVING; CULTURAL VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA SUBSALSA; FEMALE; FOOD CROP; FOREST; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYROTHAMNUS ABELLIFOLIA; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TAXONOMY; TERMINALIA PRUNIOIDES; VEGETABLE; WILD PLANT; WOODY PLANT; XIMENIA AMERICANA; CLASSIFICATION; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANGOLA; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84949664660     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.11.041     Document Type: Article

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