Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4637302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R W Bussmann (0000-0002-3524-5273, Missouri Botanical Garden, corresponding author), Paul Swartzinsky, Aserat Worede (Rift Valley University), Paul Evangelista (0000-0003-4750-8314, Colorado State University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-0 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-7-28 |
| PMID | 21943288 |
| PMCID | PMC3196683 |
| OpenAlex | W2136689145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 30 |
This paper reports on the plant use of laypeople of the Oromo in Southern Ethiopia. The Oromo in Bale had names/uses for 294 species in comparison to 230 species documented in the lower reaches of the Bale area. Only 13 species was used for veterinary purposes, or as human medicine (46). Plant medicine served mostly to treat common everyday ailments such as stomach problems and diarrhea, for wound treatment and as toothbrush-sticks, as anthelmintic, for skin infections and to treat sore muscles and. Interestingly, 9 species were used to treat spiritual ailments and to expel demons. In most cases of medicinal applications the leaves or roots were employed. Traditional plant knowledge has clearly declined in a large part of the research area. Western style health care services as provided by governments and NGOs, in particular in rural areas, seem to have contributed to a decline in traditional knowledge, in part because the local population simply regards western medicine as more effective and safer
Biology · Diarrhea · Environmental health · Ethnobotany · Folk medicine · Geography · Indigenous · Medicinal plants · Plant species · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Traditional medicine · Veterinary medicine · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Medicine · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |