An Ethnobotanical Survey of a Dryland Botanical Garden and Its Environs in Kenya: The Mutomo Hill Plant Sanctuary
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| 作者 | Mutie, Fredrick Munyao2,3,4; Gao, Lun-Lun2,3; Kathambi, Vivian2,3,4; Rono, Peninah Cheptoo2,3,4; Musili, Paul Mutuku1; Ngugi, Grace1; Hu, Guang-Wan2,3; Wang, Qing-Feng2,3 |
| 刊名 | EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
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| 出版日期 | 2020-03-17 |
| 卷号 | 2020页码:22 |
| ISSN号 | 1741-427X |
| DOI | 10.1155/2020/1543831 |
| 英文摘要 | Mutomo hill plant sanctuary is a ten-hectare piece of land in Kenya listed as a botanical garden under the Botanical Gardens Conservation International, originally established in 1964 with the aim of conserving indigenous flora from destructive anthropogenic activities. This paper presents ethnobotanical documentation of medicinal plants of Mutomo hill plant sanctuary and its environs. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in Mutomo hill plant sanctuary and its environs with 48 herbalists aged between 32 and 96 years from July 2018 to February 2019 using a semistructured open-ended questionnaire. The plants were collected through random surveys with each herbalist in different ecotypes around the villages and within the Mutomo hill plant sanctuary. The Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC) for each species reported was calculated to determine the plant species frequently collected. In total, 68 different plant species distributed in 28 families and 54 genera were reported. The frequently used plant families were Leguminosae (13 species), Lamiaceae (6 species), and Euphorbiaceae (6 species). Shrubs (37%) and trees (34%) were the dominant growth habits reported. The most cited plant species were Cassia abbreviata Oliv. (RFC = 0.63), Acacia nilotica (L.). Delile (RFC = 0.54), Strychnos heningsii Gilg (RFC = 0.46), and Aloe secundiflora Engl. (RFC = 0.31). Root (19 species) and bark (19 species) were the frequently collected plant parts. Infectious diseases (33) and digestive system disorders (24) were reported to be managed with the majority of the plant species. This study contributes to safeguarding the traditional knowledge on medicinal plants in the study area, which is useful in appreciating and acknowledging the cultural heritage of the Kamba people from the local perspective of Mutomo area in Kenya. It also adds to the knowledge base and documentation of medicinal plants, which is useful information as potential data for drug development. |
| 资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[31970211] ; project of Sino-Africa Joint Research Center CAS[SAJC201614] ; CAS-TWAS President's PhD Fellowship Program University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| WOS研究方向 | Integrative & Complementary Medicine |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000522960300001 |
| 出版者 | HINDAWI LTD |
| 源URL | [http://202.127.146.157/handle/2RYDP1HH/15088]  |
| 专题 | 中国科学院武汉植物园 |
| 通讯作者 | Hu, Guang-Wan |
| 作者单位 | 1.Natl Museums Kenya, East Africa Herbarium, POB 451660-0100, Nairobi, Kenya 2.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Plant Germplasm Enhancement & Special, Wuhan Bot Garden, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Sino Africa Joint Res Ctr, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mutie, Fredrick Munyao,Gao, Lun-Lun,Kathambi, Vivian,et al. An Ethnobotanical Survey of a Dryland Botanical Garden and Its Environs in Kenya: The Mutomo Hill Plant Sanctuary[J]. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE,2020,2020:22. |
| APA | Mutie, Fredrick Munyao.,Gao, Lun-Lun.,Kathambi, Vivian.,Rono, Peninah Cheptoo.,Musili, Paul Mutuku.,...&Wang, Qing-Feng.(2020).An Ethnobotanical Survey of a Dryland Botanical Garden and Its Environs in Kenya: The Mutomo Hill Plant Sanctuary.EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE,2020,22. |
| MLA | Mutie, Fredrick Munyao,et al."An Ethnobotanical Survey of a Dryland Botanical Garden and Its Environs in Kenya: The Mutomo Hill Plant Sanctuary".EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2020(2020):22. |
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