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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
BACKGROUND: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out in 14 villages adjacent to Mabira Central Forest Reserve (CFR) in Central Uganda between August 2013 and March 2014. METHODS: Information was obtained through interviews using semi- structured questionnaires. Field excursions wi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26762159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0077-4 |
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author | Tugume, Patience Kakudidi, Esezah K. Buyinza, Mukadasi Namaalwa, Justine Kamatenesi, Maud Mucunguzi, Patrick Kalema, James |
author_facet | Tugume, Patience Kakudidi, Esezah K. Buyinza, Mukadasi Namaalwa, Justine Kamatenesi, Maud Mucunguzi, Patrick Kalema, James |
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description | BACKGROUND: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out in 14 villages adjacent to Mabira Central Forest Reserve (CFR) in Central Uganda between August 2013 and March 2014. METHODS: Information was obtained through interviews using semi- structured questionnaires. Field excursions with traditional healers and herbal medicine collectors were carried out. Descriptive statistics were used to present the data. Fidelity ratios and Informant consensus agreements were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 190 plant species in 61 families and 152 genera were reported in the treatment of various health conditions. Family Fabaceae was dominant representing 14 % of the plant species documented. Vernonia amygdalina was the preferred species for treating malaria. Leaves (68 %) were the most frequently used parts in preparing herbal remedies. Decoctions (29 %) and oral route (53 %) of administration were commonly used method of herbal medicine preparation and administration respectively. Fifty-eight health conditions grouped in 25 categories were treated using medicinal plants. Informant consensus agreement was highest for blood system disorders (0.9) that included anaemia, hypertension and blood cleansing indicating homogeneity of informant’s knowledge about remedies used. Vernonia amygdalina and Erythrina abyssinica had 100 % fidelity level for treatment of malaria and vomiting respectively. CONCLUSION: The diversity of medicinal plant species used and the associated indigenous knowledge are of great value to the local community and their conservation and preservation is paramount. The therapeutic uses of the documented plants provides basic data for further research focused on pharmacological studies and conservation of the most important species. |
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spelling | pubmed-47126082016-01-15 Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda Tugume, Patience Kakudidi, Esezah K. Buyinza, Mukadasi Namaalwa, Justine Kamatenesi, Maud Mucunguzi, Patrick Kalema, James J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Research BACKGROUND: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out in 14 villages adjacent to Mabira Central Forest Reserve (CFR) in Central Uganda between August 2013 and March 2014. METHODS: Information was obtained through interviews using semi- structured questionnaires. Field excursions with traditional healers and herbal medicine collectors were carried out. Descriptive statistics were used to present the data. Fidelity ratios and Informant consensus agreements were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 190 plant species in 61 families and 152 genera were reported in the treatment of various health conditions. Family Fabaceae was dominant representing 14 % of the plant species documented. Vernonia amygdalina was the preferred species for treating malaria. Leaves (68 %) were the most frequently used parts in preparing herbal remedies. Decoctions (29 %) and oral route (53 %) of administration were commonly used method of herbal medicine preparation and administration respectively. Fifty-eight health conditions grouped in 25 categories were treated using medicinal plants. Informant consensus agreement was highest for blood system disorders (0.9) that included anaemia, hypertension and blood cleansing indicating homogeneity of informant’s knowledge about remedies used. Vernonia amygdalina and Erythrina abyssinica had 100 % fidelity level for treatment of malaria and vomiting respectively. CONCLUSION: The diversity of medicinal plant species used and the associated indigenous knowledge are of great value to the local community and their conservation and preservation is paramount. The therapeutic uses of the documented plants provides basic data for further research focused on pharmacological studies and conservation of the most important species. BioMed Central 2016-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4712608/ /pubmed/26762159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0077-4 Text en © Tugume et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Tugume, Patience Kakudidi, Esezah K. Buyinza, Mukadasi Namaalwa, Justine Kamatenesi, Maud Mucunguzi, Patrick Kalema, James Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda |
title | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda |
title_full | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda |
title_fullStr | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda |
title_full_unstemmed | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda |
title_short | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda |
title_sort | ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around mabira central forest reserve, uganda |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26762159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0077-4 |
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