The present study is an ethnobotanical study conducted to identify, collect and describe the indigenous plant foods used by the members of a rural community in Limpopo Province, South Africa, to fulfil dietary requirements. Ethnobotanical data were collected over 12 months through semi-structured ...
Background: Research on medical ethnobotany shows that ordinary community members in the rural areas have knowledge of selfpreventivecare which is accomplished through administration of plant medicine to prevent the onset of disease and create a sense ofwell-being. Several medicinal plants and traditiona...
J. (in press). The wood for the trees—use of woody plant material in the maintenance of household cultural artefacts in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Environment, Development and Sustainability. Cunningham, A. B. (1991). The herbal medicine trade: Resource depletion and environmental ...
Genetic diversity can directly affect the conservation of indigenous breeds, by providing them with the potential to adapt to environmental change (Wernberg et al., 2018), enhances agricultural productivity and resilience by providing society with various plant and animal breeding options (Bhandari et ...
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Towards this end, legume species documented as being cultivated, grazed or browsed as well as plant collection data from the National Herbarium, South Africa, were used. The majority of cultivated, grazed or browsed species were recorded in the Central Bushveld, Lowveld and Mopane Bioregions, ...
The success of this project was determined by its participative approach, involving local communities in plant conservation activities and using plant research to support it. However, the promotion of sustainable use and income generation highlighted issues that confirmed the importance of using a ...
Two household surveys undertaken in Zimbabwe between 1981 and 1983 revealed extensive use of indigenous plant remedies in the home-management of childhood diarrhoea and many adult illnesses. Names of the local plants, trees and shrubs are listed, together with the part of the plant used and the ...
Changes in the Performance of the Homegardens in West Java for Twenty Years (2) Changes in the Utilization of Cultivated Plants in the Homegardens All the useful plant species in five homegardens each with and without a fishpond in Selajambe Village, West Java, were surveyed in the dry seas...
Plant defensins are an important component of the innate defence system of plants where they form protective antimicrobial barriers between tissue types of plant organs as well as around seeds. These peptides also have other activities that are important