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| Title |
Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia
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| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-7-28 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rainer W Bussmann, Paul Swartzinsky, Aserat Worede, Paul Evangelista |
| Abstract |
This 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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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 149 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 149 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 10% |
| Researcher | 13 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 35 | 23% |
| Unknown | 41 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 28 | 19% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 26 | 17% |
| Unknown | 50 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 March 2018.
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#7,412,246
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#318
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