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| Van Sam, Hoang; Baas, P.; Keßler, P.J.A.. |
| This paper surveys the medicinal plants and their traditional use by local people in Ben En National Park, Vietnam. A total of 230 medicinal plant species (belonging to 200 genera and 84 families) is used by local people for treatment of 68 different diseases. These include species that are collected in the wild (65%) as well as species grown in home gardens. Leaves, stems and roots are most commonly used either fresh or dried or by decocting the dried parts in water. Women are mainly responsible for health care, they have better knowledge of medicinal plants than men, and also collect them more than men at almost every age level. The indigenous knowledge of traditional medicinal plants may be rapidly lost because 43% of the young generation do not know or... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Ben En National Park; Traditional medicinal plants; Disease treatment; Conservation. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525136 |
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