Quantitative market survey of non-woody plants sold at Kariakoo Market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Posthouwer, Chantal; Veldman, Sarina; Abihudi, Sarina; Otieno, Joseph; Andel, Tinde van; Boer, Hugo de

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“…The majority (n=33, 94.2%) of medicinal plants traders interviewed in this study were men, and females constituted 5.7% (n=2). The predominance of men in trading herbal medicines is common in Malawi [18], South Africa [22], and Tanzania [19]. However, Mander et al [13] found that the majority of medicinal plant traders in the Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa were women.…”

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“…Meke et al [18] argued that 90% of herbal traders in southern and central Malawi derived more than 50% of their households' income from selling medicinal plants. Similarly, over 61 000 kilograms of nonpowdered medicines valued US$344,882 are traded in informal herbal medicine markets of Tanzania per year [19]. In Morocco, annual revenues generated from export of medicinal plants were US$55.9 million in 2015 [20] and US$174, 227,384 in Egypt [21].…”

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Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Rasethe

Semenya

Maroyi

2019

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Trading of herbal medicines generates economic opportunities for vulnerable groups living in periurban, rural, and marginalized areas. This study was aimed at identifying medicinal plant species traded in the Limpopo province in South Africa, including traded plant parts, conservation statutes of the species, and harvesting methods used to collect the species. Semistructured questionnaire supplemented by field observation was used to collect data from owners of 35 informal herbal medicine markets in the Limpopo province. A total of 150 medicinal plant products representing at least 79 plant species belonging to 45 botanical families, mainly the Fabaceae (11.4%), Asteraceae (7.6%), and Hyacinthaceae (6.3%), were traded in the study area. Roots (50.0%), bulbs (19.0%), and bark (16.0%) were the most frequently sold plant parts. Some of the traded species which includeAlepidea amatymbica, Bowiea volubilis, Brackenridgea zanguebarica, Clivia caulescens,Dioscorea sylvatica,Elaeodendron transvaalense, Encephalartos woodii,Eucomis pallidiflorasubsp.pole-evansii,Merwilla plumbea,Mondia whitei,Prunus africana, Siphonochilus aethiopicus, Synaptolepis oliveriana,andWarburgia salutarisare of conservation concern and listed on the South African Red Data List.Findings of this study call for effective law enforcement to curb illegal removal of wild plants especially those species that are at the verge of extinction.

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Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Rasethe

Semenya

Maroyi

2019

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…Market surveys are considered a good strategy for the preliminary screening of potential ethnopharmacological plant resources [9,21]. According to related previous studies, markets are important for glimpsing the diversity and trade structure of the medicinal flora of a country or region [22][23][24]. Markets also reflect the public health and epidemic diseases of local communities [25].…”

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The secret of health in daily cuisine: typical healthy vegetables in local markets in central Myanmar

Zhang

San

et al. 2020

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Central Myanmar is located in the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, and the Bamar people are the main ethnic group, which settled there over 1000 years ago. Despite being the core region of the country, central Myanmar has been ignored in previous ethnobotanical studies. Local healthy foods and knowledge are regarded as treasures for resource development and pharmaceutical drug discovery, and market surveys are a good strategy in ethnobotanical research. Thus, we collected and documented typical vegetables and local knowledge in local markets and then analysed the diversity and local knowledge of these vegetables. Materials and methods Observations and interviews were used in the field study, and 10 markets and fairs were selected in central Myanmar. A total of 277 vegetable stalls or shops were visited. We compared the local knowledge we collected with selected important and typical herbal books on traditional Myanmar medicine. Quantitative analysis, including frequency of citation (FC), relative frequency of citation (RFC) and use value (UV), was used to assess the diversity and local knowledge of these vegetables. Results A total of 132 plant taxa from 47 botanical families and 116 genera were collected. Most (106 taxa, 80.3%) of these vegetables were cited by the informants as functional foods that had health benefits, while others were regarded as merely “good for health”. The main health function of the vegetables was treating digestive problems. Sixty-four species were recorded in selected herbal books on traditional Myanmar medicine, and forty-seven taxa were not recorded in these books but were nonetheless used as healthy vegetables by local people. Twenty-eight species of vegetables were collected from wild places. Conclusion The diversity and local knowledge of healthy vegetables in central Myanmar were rich. Nevertheless, the diversity of wild vegetables was seemingly relatively low. The possible reason was that we counted only the vegetables that were from entirely wild sources as “wild vegetables”. The most frequently cited vegetables were commonly cultivated species, which reflects the fact that plants cultivated on a large scale comprise the major source of vegetables. Some lesser known vegetables could reflect the unique food culture of local people, but most of these were cited only a few times by the interviewees, which caused low UV and RFC rankings for them in the league table. In addition, future research should pay more attention to the food safety of these vegetables.

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“…Market surveys were considered as a good strategy for the preliminary screening of potential Ethnopharmacological plant resources [7]. According to the related previous researches, markets were important to glimpse the diversity and trade structure of the medicinal flora of a country or region [20][21][22][23]. Markets also reflected the public health and epidemic diseases of local communities [24].…”

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The Secret of Health in the Daily Cuisine: the Typical Health Vegetables in the Local Markets in Central Myanmar

Zhang

San³

et al. 2020

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BackgroundCentral Myanmar locate in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity hotspot, and Barma people is the main ethnic group which had settled there over thousands years ago. Nevertheless, as the major Myanmar ethnic group, Bamar people were ignored in Ethnobotanical studies. Market surveys are considered a good strategy for the preliminary screening of potential Ethnopharmacological plant resources. In the present study, we focused on the local health knowledge of vegetables of Bamar people in local markets.Materia and methods:In the present study, we surveyed the local markets, then recorded, collected, identified and catalogued the typical vegetables, and document the knowledge of health benefits of the collected vegetables, then analyze the information of vegetables and local knowledge. The observation and interviews were used in field study, and the Ethnobotanical Indexes were used to analyze the local knowledge. We compare the local knowledge we collected with traditional medicine literatures.Results10 Markets and fairs were selected in Mandalay Region, Magway Region, Yangon Region and Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, and in a total of 277 vegetable stalls or shops were visited. 132 plant taxa were collected and identified. Many of the healthy vegetables were cited as functional food had health benefit by the informants (106 taxa, 80.3%) while others were just regarded as “good for health” (26 taxa, 19.7%). Over half of the taxa were recorded as traditional medicinal plants with health functions in previous studies. The main health function of the vegetables was treating digestion problems.ConclusionThe diversity and use of the health vegetables in central Myanmar were very rich. Some previous Phytochemical and Pharmacological studies on these plants showed that their extracts had effective activities or compounds related to health functions. It should be noted the food safety of the vegetables in future researches.Yu Zhang and Jian-Wen Li contribute equally to the article.

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Quantitative market survey of non-woody plants sold at Kariakoo Market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

The secret of health in daily cuisine: typical healthy vegetables in local markets in central Myanmar

The Secret of Health in the Daily Cuisine: the Typical Health Vegetables in the Local Markets in Central Myanmar

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