Medicinal plant diversity and uses in the Sango bay area, Southern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorSsegawa, Paul
dc.contributor.authorMassan Kasenene, John
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-26T08:57:11Z
dc.date.available2022-05-26T08:57:11Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractAn inventory is presented for the medicinal plants of the Sango bay area in Southern Uganda. Fieldwork was conducted between March and August 2004, using semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and participant observation as well as transect walks in wild herbal plant collection areas. One hundred and eighty-six plant species belonging to 163 genera and 58 families with medicinal values were recorded. Remedies from these plants are prepared mainly as decoctions and infusions and administered in a variety of ways. The majority (51.3%) of these plants are herbaceous, growing mainly in the wild. Grasslands provided the highest number of species for medicinal use (54.6%) followed by home gardens (25.4%) and fallow land (19.5%). A review of Ugandan and other literature indicated that 72 (38.5%) medicinal plants reported in this study have not been reported previously as having medicinal value. According to respondents, plant species including Hallea rubrostipulata (K. Schum) J-F Leroy (Rubiaceae) and Warburgia ugandensis Sprague (Canellaceae) are threatened because of poor harvesting techniques and unsustainable harvesting intensities. Suggestions for future conservation programs, sustainable utilization and ethnopharmacological studies are given.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSsegawa, P., & Kasenene, J. M. (2007). Medicinal plant diversity and uses in the Sango bay area, Southern Uganda. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 113(3), 521-540. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.014en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.014
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3426
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of ethnopharmacologyen_US
dc.subjectMedicinal plants useen_US
dc.subjectOver-exploitationen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleMedicinal plant diversity and uses in the Sango bay area, Southern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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