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Ethnobotany In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: Use Of Medicinal Plants
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Environment, Development And Sustainability. , v. 2, n. 03/04/15, p. 227 - 234, 2000.
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2-s2.0-3042713299
Autor
Matavele J.
Habib M.
Institución
Resumen
Communities in Cabo Delgado have a long tradition of using medicinal plants. In Mozambique, rural populations in general are highly dependent on natural resources. One example is the use of surrounding vegetation by people from Cabo Delgado. They use plants for food, handicrafts, construction, as a primary energy source and even for medicine purposes. In this survey, we examined the diversity of plant usage for medicinal purposes by 146 individuals, including adults and youth living in the Cabo Delgado province. This community quoted 16 species of plants, belonging to 13 families. Utilisation by different categories of people based on sex and age was compared and differences were found among some groups. In general, older people show a deeper knowledge of medicinal plants than younger people. Men and women show similar knowledge of medicinal plants. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2 03/04/15 227 234 Begossi, A., (1989) Food Choice and Diversity, and Technology in A Brazilian Fishing Community (Buzios Island, São Paulo State, Brazil), , Ph.D. dissertation, University of California Begossi, A., The use of ecological methods in ethnobotany: Diversity indices (1996) Economic Botany, 50, pp. 280-289 Begossi, A., Leitão-Filho, H.F., Richerson, P.J., Plant uses in a Brazilian fishing community (Buzios Island) (1993) Journal of Ethnobiology, 13, pp. 233-256 Cohen, J.I., Alcorn, J.B., Poter, C.S., Utilisation and conservation of generic resources: International projects for sustainable agriculture (1991) Economic Botany, 45, pp. 190-199 Elisabetsky, E., Etnofarmacologia de algumas tribos brasileiras (1986) Suma Etnológica Brasileira, 1, pp. 135-150. , D. Ribeiro (ed.) Financiadora de estudos e projetas, Editora vozes, Petrópolis, Brazil Figueiredo, G.M., Leitão-Filho, H.F., Begossi, A., Ethnobotany of Atlantic Forest coastal communities: Diversity of plant uses in Gamboa (Itacuruçá Island, Brazil) (1993) Human Ecology, 21, pp. 420-430 Medicina tradicional: Alguns trabalhos preliminares, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique (1981) Cadernos de Saúde, 1, pp. 11-88 Ladio, A.H., Lozada, M., Edible wild plant use in a Mapuche community of northwestern Patagonia (2000) Human Ecology, 28, pp. 53-71 Posey, D., Frechione, J., Siva, L.F., Myers, D., Case, D., Macbeath, P., Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazon development (1984) Human Organization, 43, pp. 95-107 Schultes, R.E., Von Reis, S., (1995) Ethnobotany, Evolution of A Discipline, , Dioscorides Press, Portland, Oregon Shacketon, C.M., Fuelwood harvesting and sustainable utilisation in a communal grazing land and protected area of the eastern of Transvaal lowveld (1993) Biological Conservation, 63, pp. 247-254 Smith, E.A., Anthropological application of optimal foraging theory. A critical review (1983) Current Anthropology, 24, pp. 625-651