Ethnomedicinal study of plants used in villages around Kimboza forest reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania

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Authors

Ezekiel Amri · Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology

Daniel P. Kisangau · South Eastern Kenya University

Abstract

A rich diversity of medicinal plant species are used for treating different diseases in villages around Kimboza forest reserve, with the wild habitat being the most important reservoir for the majority of the plants. Awareness programmes on sustainable utilization and active involvement of community in conservation programmes are needed.

Topics & Keywords

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies African Botany and Ecology Studies Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 1-1

DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-1

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