Ethnobotanical magnitude towards sustainable utilization of wild foliage in Arabian Desert

Abstract

The present investigation was deals with identifying traditional uses of medicinal plants for curing a variety of ailments and degree of religious conservation for retention of ethnobotanical knowledge. The study was carried out in the State of Qatar to document the ethnobotanical uses of 58 medicinally important plant species including identification, botanical name, Arabic name, family, habit, habitat, distribution pattern, and the plant parts used for curing variety of ailments. The documented species belong to 54 plant genera and 30 botanical families. They have been used to cure more than 38 different kinds of human ailments. A majority of ethnobotanical plant species belonging to shrubs (41.38%) followed by perennial herbs (31.04%), annual herbs (18.96%) and trees (8.62%) respectively. The frequency of ethnobotanical plant species were recorded maximum in fabaceae (13.79%), followed by lamiaceae, chenopodiaceae (6.89% each), asteraceae, capparaceae, polygonaceae, boraginaceae, aizooaceae (5.17% each), brassicaceae, asclepiadaceae, convolvulaceae, zygophyllaceae, solanaceae (3.44% each) while, remaining 17 families had one (1.72%) species each. Perception of stakeholders concerning prioritization and categorization of potential native plants and 25 ethnobotanical species were prioritized and ranked on the basis of their multipurpose use value, feasibility climatic conditions and Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) criteria measures i.e. drought resistant, low water requirement, growth performance, survival rate, canopy size, adaptation potential, low maintenance and use value for sustainability and landscaping. The analysis emphasized the potentials of ethnomedicinal research, sustainable utilization, conservation initiatives, and urgent need to document ethnobotanical knowledge for sustainability and scientific validation to prevent their losses.

The Use of Herbal Medicine in a Rural Community in Vitória Da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil: An Indication for Pharmacological Studies

“…Most cited were those categories related to the digestive system (32.8%), followed by respiratory diseases (17%), general symptoms/signs of inflammation (14.5%), nervous system (13.3%) and circulatory system diseases (12.6%). Similar results were already found in other studies [20,24,33,34] indicating that the residents of São Sebastião use medicinal plants as the first line of treatment for most common diseases. …”

“…This survey showed that some 80% of the species with medicinal properties were cultivated in orchards or gardens in backyards of the houses; 15% are considered wild and extracted from the surrounding environments and 5% of the plants were bought at popular markets or drugstores, demonstrating the importance of cultivation as the main source of medicinal plants. Several authors in similar ethnopharmacological studies have also reported that the majority of respondents acquired plants grown in their own backyard cultivars [20,24]. The leaves (78.2%) were the most frequently used plant part for the treatment of diseases, followed by root (8.2%) and seed (6.4%) (Figure 2), which corroborated similar results found in other ethnobotanical studies [29,30].…”

“…Thus, collection of quantitative data could support the conservation of certain plant species and knowledge of their popular medical use, mainly by informing about species with several therapeutic indications [18,19]. Some of these tools have been successful in identifying the pharmacological potential of medicinal plants, thus enabling their effective application in herbal medicine [20,21,22]. The present study evaluated the ethno medicinal knowledge of the people in the community of São Sebastião, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, using ethno botanical tools in order to provide baseline information for future ethno pharmacological and phytochemical studies.…”

The ethnobotanical importance and conservation value of native plants in eastern Arabian Peninsula

“…; Halmy ; Phondani et al. ). In addition, the dynamism of medicinal plant usage is influenced by problems of species disappearance due to over‐collection, overgrazing, habitat loss, impact of urbanization, or impact of global warming, and climate change.…”

Chemical Characterization and the Antimicrobial Potential of Species of the Genus Senna Mill. (Fabaceae)

“…46 Os estudos químicos revelam a presença de cassiaindolina (1), crisofanol (2), fisciona (3), alatonal (4), reina (5), aloe-emodina (6), emodina (7), isocrisofanol (8), alquinona (9), 1,3,8-triidroxi-2-metilantraquinona (10), 47,48 Na Península Arábica e na Grécia, suas folhas são usadas para constipação e cólicas. 49,50 Na África, as folhas de S. alexandrina, aplicadas na pele ou administradas oralmente, são utilizadas contra doenças de pele, lesões e constipação. 21 No Brasil, esta espécie é usada no tratamento contra doenças metabólicas.…”