scholarly journals Medicinal plant knowledge in Caribbean Basin: a comparative study of Afrocaribbean, Amerindian and Mestizo communities

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Torres-Avilez ◽  
Martha Méndez-González ◽  
Rafael Durán-García ◽  
Isabelle Boulogne ◽  
Lionel Germosén-Robineau
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge

Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand

2009 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamonnate Srithi ◽  
Henrik Balslev ◽  
Prasit Wangpakapattanawong ◽  
Prachaya Srisanga ◽  
Chusie Trisonthi
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge

scholarly journals Distribution and Transmission of Medicinal Plant Knowledge in the Andean Highlands: A Case Study from Peru and Bolivia

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel ◽  
Ina Vandebroek
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Individual Motivation ◽  
Migratory Activity ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Socioeconomic Characteristics ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge ◽  
The Family ◽  
Andean Highlands

This paper presents a study of patterns in the distribution and transmission of medicinal plant knowledge in rural Andean communities in Peru and Bolivia. Interviews and freelisting exercises were conducted with 18 households at each study site. The amount of medicinal plant knowledge of households was compared in relation to their socioeconomic characteristics. Cluster analysis was applied to identify households that possessed similar knowledge. The different modes of knowledge transmission were also assessed. Our study shows that while theamountof plant knowledge is determined by individual motivation and experience, thetypeof knowledge is influenced by the community of residence, age, migratory activity, and market integration. Plant knowledge was equally transmitted vertically and horizontally, which indicates that it is first acquired within the family but then undergoes transformations as a result of subsequent contacts with other knowledge sources, including age peers.

scholarly journals Transmission of medicinal plant knowledge in urban Cape Town

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
L.E. Philander ◽  
N.P. Makunga ◽  
R. Ellen
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge of the Waorani, Ecuador

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Weckmüller ◽  
Carles Barriocanal ◽  
Roser Maneja ◽  
Martí Boada
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
National Park ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Ethnobotanical Knowledge ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge ◽  
Yasuni National Park

This paper explores how medicinal plant knowledge of the Waorani (Ecuador) varies with socio-economic and demographic factors. Medicinal plant knowledge was compared at individual and community levels. Semi-structured interviews were performed with 56 informants (men N= 29, women N= 27) between 15 and 70 years old in five Waorani communities located within the Yasuní National Park and Waorani Ethnic Reserve. We found a positive correlation between an informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and age, and a negative correlation between informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and the years of schooling. Reasons behind these findings are thought to be in the rapid socio-cultural changes of the Waorani due to globalization processes. Increased accessibility to health centers and improved transportation infrastructure result in a loss of ethnobotanical knowledge.

Local Medicinal Plant Knowledge in South Africa Preserved by Apartheid

Human Ecology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa E. Aston Philander ◽  
Nokwanda P. Makunga ◽  
Simon J. Platten
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge

scholarly journals From cumulative cultural transmission to evidence-based medicine: evolution of medicinal plant knowledge in Southern Italy

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Leonti ◽  
Peter O. Staub ◽  
Stefano Cabras ◽  
Maria Eugenia Castellanos ◽  
Laura Casu
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge ◽  
Based Medicine

A comparison of traditional healers’ medicinal plant knowledge in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon

2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Vandebroek ◽  
Patrick Van Damme ◽  
Luc Van Puyvelde ◽  
Susana Arrazola ◽  
Norbert De Kimpe
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Plant Knowledge ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
Medicinal Plant Knowledge
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