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Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorBussmann, Rainer W., author
dc.contributor.authorSwartzinsky, Paul, author
dc.contributor.authorWorede, Aserat, author
dc.contributor.authorEvangelista, Paul, author
dc.contributor.authorBioMed Central, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-13T16:17:25Z
dc.date.available2017-01-13T16:17:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on the plant use of laypeople of the Oromo in Southern Ethiopia. The Oromo in Bale had names/uses for 294 species in comparison to 230 species documented in the lower reaches of the Bale area. Only 13 species was used for veterinary purposes, or as human medicine (46). Plant medicine served mostly to treat common everyday ailments such as stomach problems and diarrhea, for wound treatment and as toothbrush-sticks, as anthelmintic, for skin infections and to treat sore muscles and. Interestingly, 9 species were used to treat spiritual ailments and to expel demons. In most cases of medicinal applications the leaves or roots were employed. Traditional plant knowledge has clearly declined in a large part of the research area. Western style health care services as provided by governments and NGOs, in particular in rural areas, seem to have contributed to a decline in traditional knowledge, in part because the local population simply regards western medicine as more effective and safer.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationBussmann, Rainer W., Paul Swartzinsky, Aserat Worede and Paul Evangelista, Plant Use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale Region, Ethiopia, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 7:28 (2011): 1-21. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-28.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/179311
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.rights.licenseThis article is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
dc.subjectOromo
dc.subjectEthiopia
dc.subjectethnobotany
dc.subjectplant use
dc.subjecttraditional knowledge
dc.subjectutilization
dc.titlePlant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia
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