Ethnomedicinal plants of the Loita Maasai of Kenya
| Autor: | Henrik Balslev, Jedidah Nankaya, James Nampushi, Shani Petenya |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Local knowledge ALLIUM-TRICOCCUM Geography Planning and Development CONSERVATION 0211 other engineering and technologies Maasai 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Ecosystem services DEMOGRAPHY Population growth 021108 energy Traditional knowledge 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Primary health care Sustainable development HYPOTHESIS Agroforestry business.industry food and beverages FOREST Natural resource language.human_language Management TAMBOPATA COMMUNITY MEDICINAL-PLANTS Geography Agriculture ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY language Conservation status RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT business |
| Zdroj: | Nankaya, J, Nampushi, J, Petenya, S & Balslev, H 2020, ' Ethnomedicinal plants of the Loita Maasai of Kenya ', Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 2569-2589 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00311-w |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10668-019-00311-w |
| Popis: | Traditional medicinal plants play a central role in primary health care in most African communities, including that of the Maasai. Unfortunately, the local Maasai knowledge is under enormous pressure from introduction of agriculture, population growth, and climate change—all of which affect availability and regeneration of natural resources and ecosystem services which are accompanied by erosion of traditional knowledge. Loss of medicinal plants and the knowledge related to them would have devastating effects on the Maasai community. Therefore, it is important to document the plants and the traditional knowledge related to their use, and conservation and management. We interviewed 31 informants who were especially knowledgeable about medicinal plants. Based on these interviews, we document 62 plant species that the Loita Maasai use as medicine, and we describe the parts of the plant that are used, the methods of preparation, and how they are used. We rank them according to their importance to the people and discuss the management practices developed for these resources, and we evaluate the conservation status. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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