Ethnobotanical study of some Ghanaian anti-malarial plants

被引：162

作者：

Asase, A

Oteng-Yeboah, AA

Odamtten, GT

Simmonds, MSJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Royal Bot Gardens, Richmond TW9 3AB, Surrey, England

[2] Univ Ghana, Dept Bot, Legon, Ghana

来源：

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY | 2005年 / 99卷 / 02期

关键词：

ethnobotany; malaria; Wechiau; medicinal plants; conservation;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.020

中图分类号：

Q94 [植物学];

学科分类号：

071001 ;

摘要：

An ethnobotanical study was conducted in the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary area in Ghana, through interviews and quadrate studies, to investigate the range and abundance of species used in the treatment of malaria. Forty-one species belonging to 17 families were encountered during the study. Of the 17 families studied Leguminosae and Anacardiaceae predominated in terms of number of species used to treat malaria. Eight plant species namely, Afraegle paniculata (Rutaceae), Haematostaphis barteri (Anacardiaceae), Indigo era pulchra (Leguminosae), Monanthotaxis sp. (Annonaceae), Ozoroa insignis (Anacardiaceae), Strychnos innocua (Loganiaceae), Strychnos spinosa (Loganiaceae) and Xeroderris stuhlmannii (Leguminosae) have not previously been documented for the treatment of malaria in Ghana. The results are discussed and recommendations made for future research to support the conservation and sustainable harvesting of the species reported to have medicinal properties. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All fights reserved.

引用

页码：273 / 279

页数：7

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