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The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, Northern Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Meragiaw, Misganaw
Asfaw, Zemede
Argaw, Mekuria
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-24, 24 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-01-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
24
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The present study was conducted in Delanta (Ethiopia) to examine the use of medicinal plants and investigate the impacts of the 1984/85 resettlement program on the local people’s knowledge on herbal medicine and its uses.
The research was conducted with 72 informants in six study sites through semistructured interviews, group discussion, and market survey.
In this study, 133 species belonging to 116 genera and 57 families were documented.
These plants were mentioned for uses in the treatment of about 76 human and livestock ailments.
The family Asteraceae was represented by the highest number with 14 species.
Herbs accounted for 52.6% of the total species and leaves (32.6%) were the most frequently used parts.
The analysis showed that the resettlement program has both positive and negative impacts on nature rehabilitation and local knowledge along with many human induced threats.
Most of the plant knowledge is held by traditional healers and permanent residents.
The people’s preference for some medicinal plants gave indications of continuity of the ethnomedicinal information among the inhabitants.
The findings inform that efforts need to be directed to in situ conservation in two of the plant community types which could protect a good proportion (about 50%) of the medicinal plant species.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Meragiaw, Misganaw& Asfaw, Zemede& Argaw, Mekuria. 2016. The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, Northern Ethiopia. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-24.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104186
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Meragiaw, Misganaw…[et al.]. The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, Northern Ethiopia. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-24.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104186
American Medical Association (AMA)
Meragiaw, Misganaw& Asfaw, Zemede& Argaw, Mekuria. The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, Northern Ethiopia. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-24.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104186
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104186