TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnobotanical study of some Ghanaian anti-malarial plants
AU - Asase, Alex
AU - Oteng-Yeboah, Alfred A.
AU - Odamtten, George T.
AU - Simmonds, Monique S.J.
PY - 2005/6/3
Y1 - 2005/6/3
N2 - An ethnobotanical study was conducted in the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary area in Ghana, through interviews and quadrate studies, to investigate the range and abundance of species used in the treatment of malaria. Forty-one species belonging to 17 families were encountered during the study. Of the 17 families studied Leguminosae and Anacardiaceae predominated in terms of number of species used to treat malaria. Eight plant species namely, Afraegle paniculata (Rutaceae), Haematostaphis barteri (Anacardiaceae), Indigo era pulchra (Leguminosae), Monanthotaxis sp. (Annonaceae), Ozoroa insignis (Anacardiaceae), Strychnos innocua (Loganiaceae), Strychnos spinosa (Loganiaceae) and Xeroderris stuhlmannii (Leguminosae) have not previously been documented for the treatment of malaria in Ghana. The results are discussed and recommendations made for future research to support the conservation and sustainable harvesting of the species reported to have medicinal properties.
AB - An ethnobotanical study was conducted in the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary area in Ghana, through interviews and quadrate studies, to investigate the range and abundance of species used in the treatment of malaria. Forty-one species belonging to 17 families were encountered during the study. Of the 17 families studied Leguminosae and Anacardiaceae predominated in terms of number of species used to treat malaria. Eight plant species namely, Afraegle paniculata (Rutaceae), Haematostaphis barteri (Anacardiaceae), Indigo era pulchra (Leguminosae), Monanthotaxis sp. (Annonaceae), Ozoroa insignis (Anacardiaceae), Strychnos innocua (Loganiaceae), Strychnos spinosa (Loganiaceae) and Xeroderris stuhlmannii (Leguminosae) have not previously been documented for the treatment of malaria in Ghana. The results are discussed and recommendations made for future research to support the conservation and sustainable harvesting of the species reported to have medicinal properties.
KW - Conservation
KW - Ethnobotany
KW - Malaria
KW - Medicinal plants
KW - Wechiau
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=19444374611&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 15894138
AN - SCOPUS:19444374611
SN - 0378-8741
VL - 99
SP - 273
EP - 279
JO - Journal of Ethnopharmacology
JF - Journal of Ethnopharmacology
IS - 2
ER -
