The most used medicinal plants by communities in Mahaboboka, Amboronabo, Mikoboka, Southwestern Madagascar

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ID4637430
AuthorsTabita Randrianarivony (Missouri Botanical Garden, corresponding author), Tabita N Randrianarivony, Aro Vonjy Ramarosandratana (0000-0002-1828-7834, University of Antananarivo), Tefy H Andriamihajarivo (Missouri Botanical Garden), Fortunat Rakotoarivony (Missouri Botanical Garden), Vololoniaina Jeannoda (0000-0002-5178-6889, University of Antananarivo), Vololoniaina H Jeannoda, Armand Randrianasolo (0009-0007-0735-8979, Missouri Botanical Garden), R W Bussmann (0000-0002-3524-5273, Missouri Botanical Garden)
Year2017
Volume13
Issue1
Pages19-19
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s13002-017-0147-x
PMID28279184
OpenAlexW2592161927
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited33

BACKGROUND: This paper reports a study undertaken in three remote communities (Mahaboboka, Amboronabo, Mikoboka), located in Sakaraha, Southwestern Madagascar. Not only villages are far away from sanitary infrastructures and doctors but drugs and consulting fees are unaffordable to villagers. They rely essentially on natural resources for health care as for most of rural areas in Madagascar. This paper aims to document medicinal plants used by communities in Sakaraha and to present the most important plant species used in traditional medicine. METHODS: Semi – structured interview was conducted within 214 informants in 34 villages of the study area. Different ailments encountered in the site study were classified in various categories. For data analysis, frequency of citation (Fq), Informant Consensus Factor (Fic), Fidelity Level (FL) and Use Value (UV) were assessed to find agreement among informants about the use of plants as remedies. Mann-Whitney, Kruskall-Wallis and Spearman correlation tests were performed to determine use of medicinal plants following social status of informants. RESULTS: A total of 235 medicinal plant species belonging to 198 genera and 75 families were inventoried. The richest families in species used for medicinal purposes were: Fabaceae, Apocynaceae, Rubiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Asteraceae, and Poaceae. Plant species cited by informants were used to treat 76 various ailments classified in 13 categories. Leaves and leafy twigs were the most used plant parts and decoction was the mostly cited way of preparation of these medicinal plants species. In average, local people cited 6.7 ± 6.03 medicinal taxa among them, Cedrelopsis grevei is the most cited medicinal plants (Fq. 0.28). With Cedrelopsis grevei (UV = 0.48), Henonia scoparia (UV = 0.43) are mostly used species. Leonotis nepetifolia (FL = 96%) and Strychnos henningsii (FL = 92%) are plant species claimed by high percentage of informants to treat the Digestive System Disorder. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlighted that medicinal plants used by people from three communities in the Southwestern Madagascar are diverse. These plants species ensure care to all family members including babies, children, mothers and adult people. Through this study, newly reported medicinal plants were identified for further work. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0147-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users

Biodiversity · Biology · Ethnobotany · Ethnomedicine · Euphorbiaceae · Fabaceae · Geography · Medicinal plants · Traditional medicine · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture · Medicine · Ecology

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