Use and valuation of native and introduced medicinal plant species in Campo Hermoso and Zetaquira, Boyaca, Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medicinal plant species contribute significantly to folk medicine in Colombia. However, few local studies have investigated whether species used are introduced or native and whether there is a difference in importance of native and introduced medicinal plant species. The aim of the present study was to describe the use of medicinal plants within two municipalities, Campo Hermoso and Zetaquira, both in the department of Boyacá, Colombia and to assess the importance of native and introduced plants to healers, amateur healers and local people. As local healers including amateur healers have no history of introduced species our working hypotheses (H(1-2)) were that H(1): native and introduced medicinal plant species are of equal importance and H(2): healers and amateur heale

SUBMITTER: Cadena-Gonzalez AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3641003 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature