Ethnobotany of medicinal plants from Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve of Northeast India

A survey of medicinal plants used by the ethnic communities of Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve in Northeast India has been reported. Fifty-five plant species belonging to 34 families and 52 different genera were included. For each plant species, botanical name, vernacular name, part(s) used, popular medicinal use, forms of preparation and applications of the herbal remedies are provided.     

Medicinal plants used for liver diseases in some parts of Kamrup district of Assam, a North Eastern State of India

An ethno-botanical survey was conducted in some tribal dominated pockets of Kamrup district of ASSAM, a North Eastern State of India. This report deals with 24 plant species used as herbal remedies for the treatment of liver ailments. Each entry includes the botanical and prevalent local name(s), other medicinal use(s), part(s) used, method of preparation and mode of administration.     

Traditional herbal remedies for gynecological disorders in women of Bidar district, Karnataka, India

A survey of medicinal plants used by rural population in Bidar district, Karnataka, India is reported. Eighteen plant species belonging to 13 families and 18 genera were included. Their botanical and vernacular names, plant part used, popular medicinal use, forms of preparation and application of the herbal remedies are given.     

Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used in the Bustillo Province of the Potosi Department,Bolivia

A survey of medicinal plants used by rural communities in the Bustillo Province of the Potosi Department in Bolivia is reported in this article. Fifty-six plant species belonging to 24 families and 46 different genera were included. Their botanical and vernacular names, plant part used, popular medicinal use, forms of preparation and applications of the herbal remedies are given.     

箬寮岘自然保护区药用植物资源及其多样性

经野外调查和资料整理已知箬寮岘自然保护区共有药用植物17科572属991种,分别占保护区植物资源科、属、种数的91．4％、72．9％、56．6％;其中国家级珍稀濒危保护药用植物9种,占国家珍稀濒危保护药用植物的5．36％;全草类和根及根状茎类药用植物较多,分别占38．85％、34．11％;清热类、祛湿类和活血类药用植物较多,分别占41．98％、16．35％、11．00％。温带性属(43．76％)和热带性属(40．10％)所占比例大体相当。优势科主要有豆科、菊科、蔷薇科、唇形科、蓼科。     

Ethno-medicinal plants used by Bengali communities in Tripura,northeast India

Northeastern India has high medicinal plant diversity due to variance in topography and physiognomy. We documented the uses of various medicinal plants by the Bengali people of West district and South district of Tripura state for their own health care as well as for domesti-cated animals. Based on semi structured interviews, group discussions and information from local informants, a total of 93 species of medicinal plants of 52 families and 83 genera were documented. These plants were used to treat more than 55 different human diseases and 6 diseases of livestock. Sixty-eight plant species were used singly and the rest were used in combination with other species for therapeutic formulations of various diseases. Leaves of plants were most often used for most of the ethnobotanical preparations. Maximum consensus value of 96% was recorded for Chromolaena odorata （L.） King ＆amp;H. Rob., and the mini-mum was 15%for Bambusa balcooa Robx. Of the 93 plant species, 75 species showed pharmacological properties. Prospects for augmenting existing knowledge and enhancing the use of traditional medicinal plants are discussed.     

Ethnobotany of plants used by the Thari people of Nara Desert, Pakistan

This paper reports the results of an ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Thari people of the Nara Desert, Sindh, Pakistan. Fifty-one plant species distributed across 28 families and 43 genera were discovered to have medicinal uses by local inhabitants of the Nara Desert. Twenty-one of those species are proposed to have new uses not recorded in the Indo-Pak folk herbal medicinal literature. Boraginaceae and Amaranthaceae were the most dominant families (5 species; 2 and 4 genera, respectively) of medicinal plants, followed by Asteraceae, Capparidaceae, Convolvulaceae, Poaceae, Scrophulariacea and Zygophyllaceae. About 44 types of ailments were treated with various parts of the 51 medicinal plant species. For treating ailments, the use of the whole plant was higher (53%) than leaves (18%), roots (14%) and fruits (10%) alone.     

丹东地区野生药用植物资源多样性分析

对丹东地区野生药用植物资源进行了调查分析。结果表明,丹东地区野生药用植物共有126科407属794种,分别占中国药用植物科、属、种的34%、18%和7%,其中双子叶植物666种,占本区药用植物84%;多年生草本药用植物487种,占61%;全草/全株类、根(根皮)及根茎类和果实/种子类药用植物分别占51%、43%和14%;优势科主要为菊科、毛茛科、蔷薇科和唇形科;优势属为蓼属、堇菜属和乌头属,调查结果为本地区药用植物资源的合理开发利用提供了依据。     

Medicinal plants popularly used in the Brazilian Tropical Atlantic Forest

A survey of medicinal plants used by rural and urban inhabitants of the three cities of the Tropical Atlantic Forest, Region of Vale do Ribeira, State of S?o Paulo, Brazil was performed by means of 200 interviews with medicinal plant users and extractors and, traditional healers. One hundred fourteen herbal remedies were recorded and the following information reported: Latin, vernacular and English names, plant part used, forms of preparation and application of the herbal remedies, medicinal or food uses, areas of plant collection, economic importance (when available) and other data.     

南岳衡山野生药用植物资源组成及药用特点

采用查阅资料和线路调查与样地调查相结合的方法,研究了南岳衡山野生药用植物资源组成和药用特点。结果表明:南岳衡山药用植物有167科467属817种,其中蕨类植物32科49属100种,裸子植物4科4属4种,被子植物131科414属713种。含10种药用植物以上的科有21科,其中菊科56种,蔷薇科33种,蝶形花科30种。817种药用植物中,木本植物254种,占31.09%,草本植物563种,占68.91%。各类药用功效植物占药用植物总数的比例变化范围在0.49%~33.78%之间,相差较大,属于I级(10.00%)有14类,II级(10.01%~20.00%)有3类,Ⅲ级(20.01%)有5类。药用植物中,同类器官入药的植物种数占药用植物总种数的百分比变化范围在0.98%~32.80%之间,其中一级(10.00%)所含植物的器官有木材类,节类,藤及藤茎类,树(枝)皮类和花类等5类,占器官总类别的50.00%;二级(10.01%~20.00%)所含植物的器官有茎及地下茎,果及种子类,枝叶等3类,占30.00%;三级(20.01%)有全株类和根及根皮类,占20.00%。药用植物中,直接用于临床的药材泡制材料的维管束植物有220种。     

广东韶关国家森林公园药用植物资源分析

通过植物资源野外调查、标本采集和鉴定,对广东韶关国家森林公园药用植物资源进行了统 计分析。结果表明,广东韶关国家森林公园共有药用植物 507 种,隶属 122 科 343 属;其中蕨类药用植 物 18 科 21 属 30 种,裸子植物 1 科 1 属 1 种,被子植物 103 科 321 属 476 种;全草类、性凉类和清热类 分别在按用药部位、药性和功效分类中种数占比最高;整理了当地常见药用植物名录,并对该园野生药 用植物资源的保护和利用提出了建议,如建立野生药用植物数据库、建立小药园或开发相关旅游产品等。     

孟加拉国曼尼普尔部落对部族药用植物的利用

通过问卷调查的方式,调查了孟加拉国曼尼普尔部落对民族药用植物的利用。发现有26个科29个属32种药用植物用于治疗37种疾病。结果表明：所调查的32种植物中,多利用其地上部分（86％）,而地下部分的利用相对较少（14％）。在植物药用制备中,叶片的使用最高（17个种）,接下来依次是树皮、果实、根／地下茎、整个植株、种子和花。在32个植物种中,用于治疗痢疾的物种有10个,治疗发烧和风湿病的物种各5个,治疗哮喘、便秘、创伤和皮肤病的各4个物种,低烧病、咳嗽、腹泻各3种。32个物种中,72％的药用植物都能治疗至少一种疾病：75％口服使用,9％外服用,16％口服和外服结合使用。本研究突出了民族植物研究的潜力和迫切需求获取药用植物在人类健康利用的健康医疗实践知识。     

Plant use and management in homegardens and swiddens: evidence from the Bolivian Amazon

Amazonian plant management is perhaps nowhere as intense as in homegardens and swiddens. A quantitative ethnobotanical study was conducted in Indigenous Territory and National Park Isiboro-Sécure, Bolivia, to investigate plant use and management in homegardens and swiddens by local Yuracaré and Trinitario ethnic groups. Ethnobotanical data of plants were obtained from 11 Yuracaré and 11 Trinitario participants through semistructured interviews. A total of 151 different cultivated or tolerated species was recorded, accounting for 21% of all inventoried plants considered useful to local Yuracarés and Trinitarios. The local use value of managed plants is almost twice that of wild plants. Managed plants score particularly higher than wild plants for medicinal, food and material applications. Most managed plants are herbs, followed by trees and shrubs. Nevertheless, managed trees have significantly higher overall use values than all other life forms. Managed trees tend to be particularly more appreciated as sources of food and materials, whereas herbaceous plants generally have a higher therapeutic value. Our results support observations made in literature that moderately humanized landscapes, and homegardens and swiddens in particular, are an important source of food and healing for forest people. Although people generally start managing plants in homegardens and swiddens because of their perceived usefulness, they are also favourable locations to experiment with the usefulness of (managed or wild) plants prevailing there. This particularly accounts for medicinal plants and it is argued that the use of managed plants in traditional medicine relates to (1) the high intensity of contact with theses species, and (2) their chemical defence strategy. To conclude, a number of policy recommendations are presented.     

九阜山杀虫杀菌植物资源调查研究

对福建省尤溪县九阜山的杀虫杀菌植物资源进行调查研究,结果表明,该区野生杀虫杀菌植物共有103种,其中蕨类植物6科8属10种,裸子植物4科4属5种,被子植物50科77属88种。主要集中在菊科、大戟科、卫矛科、蓼科、毛茛科、蝶形花科、唇形科、马鞭草科等。列出了每种植物的中名、科名、属名、学名、习性、活性部位和功能分类,并对如何合理开发利用该区的杀虫杀菌植物资源提出了建议。     

河北小五台山国家级自然保护区野生有色木本植物资源调查

为清楚了解、掌握河北小五台山国家级自然保护区野生木本植物资源情况,并妥善加以利用,采用野外实地调查的方法对小五台山野生有色木本植物进行研究。调查发现,小五台山内野生有色木本植物资源丰富,许多物种在不同生长季的树叶、树干、花及果实具有极高的观赏性,部分果实还具有可食性;保护区常见的有色木本植物共116种,隶属于33科67属,以蔷薇科、桦木科、榆科、卫矛科、忍冬科为主,其中观叶植物64种、观枝观干植物12种、观果植物37种;观叶树种可在园林绿化中应用,观果树种具有食用和药用价值,部分树种可应用于防护林建设;因此,应加强野生有色木本植物保护,合理利用,建立彩色植物园,加快引种、驯化、繁育基地的建设,丰富彩色木本植物资源,实现野生有色木本植物资源的可持续利用。     

石湖省级自然保护区药用植物资源及其多样性研究

经过3a的调查研究，首次报道了石湖省级自然保护区共有药用植物89科、244属、355种，分别占保护区植物资源科、属、种数的91．75％，74．62％，60．27％。其中国家级珍稀濒危保护药用植物13种，占国家珍稀濒危保护药用植物的7．74％，吉林省重点保护药用植物47种，国家第一批保护药材8种，东北道地药材13种。全株和根及根茎类的药用植物最多，分别占39．72％，23．10％，12．39％；清热类和祛风湿类最多，分别占32、39％和15．49％。98．03％的种类分布在海拔700～1000m红松针阔混交林中，42.86％的种类属北温带分布区类型，优势科主要有菊科、蔷薇科、毛茛科、百合科等。文中还提出了保护与开发的具体建议。     

Contribution to the knowledge of Rifian traditional medicine. II: Folk medicine in Ksar Lakbir district (NW Morocco)

An ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal plants used by the local population of the Ksar Lakbir district (NW Morocco) was conducted. One hundred and eighty-six species from 61 botanical families were recorded as well as their uses and modes of administration. Quantitative ethnopharmacological data (medicinal plant knowledge and use indices) were also evaluated and discussed.     

河北省龙胆科野生植物种质资源研究

通过野外调查研究获取信息,并对信息进一步整理,发现河北省龙胆科野生植物共有10属23种3变种,多为药用、观赏、食用、农药、化学药品及抗菌植物。据统计,药用植物15种,根或者全草可入药,多具有清热解毒的药用价值;6种植物花色鲜艳,具有较高观赏价值;此外,还有农药植物3种,食用植物1种。另外,有些龙胆科植物的花中可提取出一种染色剂应用于实验中。为使河北省龙胆科植物得到可持续利用,应制定合理的资源利用计划及保护措施,开展繁殖和栽培技术研究,并建立种质资源库和中药材生产基地等,以促进保护和利用的平衡发展。     

Towards exploration of plant-based ethno-medicinal knowledge of rural community: basis for biodiversity conservation in Bangladesh

Because lack of data impedes the assessment of the conservation of medicinal plants, ethno-medicinal studies are important to fill this gap. This study considered the traditional use of plants for health care by the rural communities in two forested and non-forested regions of Bangladesh. A total of 230 respondents were interviewed accompanied by field observation and voucher specimen collection. Altogether, 68 species of medicinal plants belonging to 38 families distributing over 58 genera were recorded, of which 22 species were common in both regions. Trees were the most commonly utilized growth form and leaves were the most commonly used plant part. Forests and homesteads were the major sources of medicinal plants in forested and non-forested regions, respectively. High use versatility (Relative Importance >1) was represented by 14 species; Emblica officinale L. and Allium sativum L. were the most versatile species. Forty-one individual ailments were treated with the medicinal plants recorded. The ailment categories ‘respiratory problems’ and ‘sexual problems’ received the highest score from the calculation of informants’ consensus factor (F _ic) in forested and non-forested regions, respectively. The findings could contribute in the pharmaceutical sector by directing further investigation of bio-active compounds in medicinal plants. Secondly, results could inform the clues for conservation strategies of forest resources in that region.     

Medicinal plant diversity in the flora of Saudi Arabia 1: a report on seven plant families

A preliminary survey on the medicinal plant diversity in the flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been made with seven families: Amaranthaceae, Apocynaceae, Capparidaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Labiatae, Polygonaceae and Solanaceae, as an initial study. These families are represented in the flora with 254 species (i.e. 12% of the total species), and individually with 21, 7, 29, 66, 76, 22 and 33 species, respectively. Of these, 86 species, so far investigated, are medicinal, distributed in these seven families as follows: 7, 5, 12, 20, 23, 7 and 12, respectively. The Labiatae have the highest number (23) of medicinal plants among them while maximum medicinal plant diversity within the family has been observed with the Apocynaceae. An enumeration of these 86 medicinal species is presented with the current nomenclature, Arabic names and medicinal uses. This communication aims at emphasizing the importance of setting up conservation priorities, and sustained development of various medicinal plants of Saudi Arabia.