Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants around ‘Dheeraa’ town, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

Wondimu, Tigist; Asfaw, Zemede; Kelbessa, Ensermu

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.02.014

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“…As compared to human diseases, diseases of domestic animals in the districts were treated with a relatively fewer number of plant species, which could be due to the less number of diseases affecting the animals. Similar findings were reported by studies conducted in southeast Ethiopia (Wondimu et al, 2007). High number of medicinal plants is used in the treatment of anthrax followed by swelling and this may suggest the high importance or prevalence of the disease in the study districts.…”

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Indigenous knowledge based identification of medicinal plants in Central Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia

Abrha¹,

Hintsa²,

Gebremedhin³

2018

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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There are many traditional medicine practitioners in every corner of the world, which can be grouped into spiritual healers and herbalists. Both groups do not tell to others about medicinal plants sometimes even to their descendants. This may have many different reasons, some say the medicine becomes functional if it is used in secret and some do not tell others fearing for competition of market as well as the medicinal plants because their abundance is mostly limited due to over exploitation. This study was conducted in the central zone of Tigray in specific sites called Tanqua-Abergelle, KolaTembien and Weri-Leke with the objective of identifying of medicinal plants based on indigenous knowledge. Purposive sampling was used for respondent selection and semi-structured interviews were employed. Then, the collected data were subjected to descriptive statistical method such as percentage and frequency which was employed to analyze and summarize the data on medicinal plants. From the identified medicinal plants, 92 plant species were used to cure human disease and 29 species for animal diseases and another 8 species were used to treat both human and livestock diseases. Even though medicinal plants are very crucial particularly for the people who dwell in remote and rural areas, some medicinal plants are being endangered due to low awareness on management of these plants. Hence, policy makers and other concerned bodies should give emphasis on conservation of medicinal plants.

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Indigenous knowledge based identification of medicinal plants in Central Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia

Abrha¹,

Hintsa²,

Gebremedhin³

2018

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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“…The livestock production is a major asset among resource-poor smallholder farmers by providing milk, meat, skin, manure and traction. However, their economic benefits remain low due to prevailing diseases which are among the principal bottle necks of livestock performance and cause of high economic losses of the resource poor farmers [2,3]. The majority of livestock raisers in Ethiopia are far away from the sites of animal clinic stations.…”

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Study on Ethno Veterinary Practices in Amaro Special District Southern Ethiopia

2014

Med Aromat Plants

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IntroductionEthiopia has the huge livestock population in Africa and owns about 41.5 million heads of cattle, 28.2 million sheep and goats, 5.8 million equine, 1 million camels and over 42 million poultry [1]. The livestock production is a major asset among resource-poor smallholder farmers by providing milk, meat, skin, manure and traction. However, their economic benefits remain low due to prevailing diseases which are among the principal bottle necks of livestock performance and cause of high economic losses of the resource poor farmers [2,3]. The majority of livestock raisers in Ethiopia are far away from the sites of animal clinic stations. The inadequate funding at the national level for the prevention and control of animal diseases adds to the burden, especially among pastoralists who live in the remote arid and semi-arid lowland parts of the country [4]. Modern veterinary medicines are not well developed in the country, and the modern drugs availability is not adequately to fight animal diseases. It is estimated that the traditional remedies are sometimes the only source of therapeutics for nearly 90% of livestock in Ethiopia of which 95% are plant origin [5,6]. Ethiopian farmers and pastoralists rely on traditional knowledge, practices and plants, to control livestock diseases [6][7][8][9] and Ethiopians have used traditional medicines for many centuries, due to cultural acceptability, efficacy against certain diseases and economic affordability [10,11]. The indigenous people of different localities in the country have developed their own specific knowledge of plant resource uses, management and conservation [12,13].The application of traditional medicines to veterinary medicine has been termed as ethno veterinary medicine. Ethno veterinary medicine has been defined as an indigenous animal healthcare system that includes the traditional beliefs, knowledge, skills, methods and practices of a given society, [14,15]. The knowledge varies from region to region and from community to community [16]. In general, ethno veterinary practices have been developed by trial and error and by actual experimentation [17]. Ethno veterinary medicine comprises of traditional surgical techniques, traditional immunization, magicoreligious practices, and the use of herbal medicines to treat livestock diseases [6,11].The ethno veterinary medicinal plant knowledge, similar to other Abstract Background: Ethno veterinary knowledge covers up people's knowledge, skills, methods, practices and beliefs about the care of their animals and themselves, and has been used over many centuries.

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“…Many works that document the wealth of indigenous knowledge on the ethnobiology and ethnomedicine have been emerging [1,2,4,[7][8][9][10]. However, very few information exists on the veterinary herbal medicines [10,11] .…”

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In–vitro antimicrobial activity screening of some ethnoveterinary medicinal plants traditionally used against mastitis, wound and gastrointestinal tract complication in Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Kalayou

Haileselassie²,

Gebremedhin

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants around ‘Dheeraa’ town, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

Cited by 289 publications

References 4 publications

Indigenous knowledge based identification of medicinal plants in Central Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia

Indigenous knowledge based identification of medicinal plants in Central Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia

Study on Ethno Veterinary Practices in Amaro Special District Southern Ethiopia

In–vitro antimicrobial activity screening of some ethnoveterinary medicinal plants traditionally used against mastitis, wound and gastrointestinal tract complication in Tigray Region, Ethiopia

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