Ethnobotanical study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plant use by traditional healers in Oshikoto region, Namibia

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Ahmad Cheikhyoussef · University of Namibia

Kenneth Kamwi Matengu · University of Namibia

Hina Mu Ashekele · Namibia University of Science and Technology

Abstract

The traditional healers in Oshikoto possess rich ethno-pharmacological knowledge. This study allows for identifying many high value medicinal plant species, indicating high potential for economic development through sustainable collection of these medicinal plants.

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Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies African Botany and Ecology Studies Seed and Plant Biochemistry

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 10-10

DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-10

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Ethnobotanical study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plant use by traditional healers in Oshikoto region, Namibia

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