Issue 1/2014
Content (82 Articles)
The apparency hypothesis applied to a local pharmacopoeia in the Brazilian northeast
Alejandro Lozano, Elcida Lima Araújo, Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Meliponiculture in Quilombola communities of Ipiranga and Gurugi, Paraíba state, Brazil: an ethnoecological approach
Roberta Monique Amâncio de Carvalho, Celso Feitosa Martins, José da Silva Mourão
Bapedi traditional healers in the Limpopo Province, South Africa: Their socio-cultural profile and traditional healing practice
Sebua S Semenya, Martin J Potgieter
Medicinal plants used by the Tamang community in the Makawanpur district of central Nepal
Dol Raj Luitel, Maan B Rokaya, Binu Timsina, Zuzana Münzbergová
A little bit of Africa in Brazil: ethnobiology experiences in the field of Afro-Brazilian religions
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
An ethnobiological study in Kala Chitta hills of Pothwar region, Pakistan: multinomial logit specification
Muhammad Arshad, Mushtaq Ahmad, Ejaz Ahmed, Abdul Saboor, Azhar Abbas, Shumaila Sadiq
Seeds used for Bodhi beads in China
Feifei Li, Jianqin Li, Bo Liu, Jingxian Zhuo, Chunlin Long
Ethnopharmacological practices by livestock farmers in Uganda: Survey experiences from Mpigi and Gulu districts
Immaculate Nabukenya, Chris Rubaire-Akiiki, Deogracious Olila, Kokas Ikwap, Johan Höglund
Ethnoveterinary plants of Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Ermias Lulekal, Zemede Asfaw, Ensermu Kelbessa, Patrick Van Damme
Perceptions of environmental change and use of traditional knowledge to plan riparian forest restoration with relocated communities in Alcântara, Eastern Amazon
Danielle Celentano, Guillaume Xavier Rousseau, Vera Lex Engel, Cristiane Lima Façanha, Elivaldo Moreira de Oliveira, Emanoel Gomes de Moura
Chain of commercialization of Podocnemis spp. turtles (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in the Purus River, Amazon basin, Brazil: current status and perspectives
Jackson Pantoja-Lima, Paulo HR Aride, Adriano T de Oliveira, Daniely Félix-Silva, Juarez CB Pezzuti, George H Rebêlo
Factors affecting ethnobotanical knowledge in a mestizo community of the Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Leonardo Beltrán-Rodríguez, Amanda Ortiz-Sánchez, Nestor A Mariano, Belinda Maldonado-Almanza, Victoria Reyes-García
Ethnomedicine use in the war affected region of northwest Pakistan
Muhammad Adnan, Ihsan Ullah, Akash Tariq, Waheed Murad, Azizullah Azizullah, Abdul Latif Khan, Nawab Ali
Ethnomedicinal plants used to treat human ailments in the prehistoric place of Harla and Dengego valleys, eastern Ethiopia
Anteneh Belayneh, Negussie F Bussa
Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zhouqu county, Gansu, China)
Yongxiang Kang, Łukasz Łuczaj, Jin Kang, Fu Wang, Jiaojiao Hou, Quanping Guo
Insect repellent plants traditional usage practices in the Ethiopian malaria epidemic-prone setting: an ethnobotanical survey
Kaliyaperumal Karunamoorthi, Teklu Hailu
Length of residence, age and patterns of medicinal plant knowledge and use among women in the urban Amazon
Coral Wayland, Lisa Slattery Walker
An exploration of cultural beliefs and practices across the Southern Ground-Hornbill’s range in Africa
Hendri Coetzee, Werner Nell, Leon van Rensburg
A study of the medicinal plants used by the Marakwet Community in Kenya
Wilson Kipkore, Bernard Wanjohi, Hillary Rono, Gabriel Kigen
Traditional Tar Production from the Anatolian Black Pine [Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe var. pallasiana] and its usages in Afyonkarahisar, Central Western Turkey
Süleyman Arı, Mustafa Kargıoğlu, Mehmet Temel, Muhsin Konuk
Traditional medicine applied by the Saraguro yachakkuna: a preliminary approach to the use of sacred and psychoactive plant species in the southern region of Ecuador
Chabaco Armijos, Iuliana Cota, Silvia González
Comparative analysis of plant use in peri-urban domestic gardens of the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Gabolwelwe KE Mosina, Alfred Maroyi, Martin J Potgieter
Resilience at the border: traditional botanical knowledge among Macedonians and Albanians living in Gollobordo, Eastern Albania
Andrea Pieroni, Kevin Cianfaglione, Anely Nedelcheva, Avni Hajdari, Behxhet Mustafa, Cassandra L Quave
An Ethnobotanical study of Medicinal Plants in high mountainous region of Chail valley (District Swat- Pakistan)
Mushtaq Ahmad, Shazia Sultana, Syed Fazl-i-Hadi, Taibi ben Hadda, Sofia Rashid, Muhammad Zafar, Mir Ajab Khan, Muhammad Pukhtoon Zada Khan, Ghulam Yaseen
Encounters with fierce dogs and itchy bedbugs: why my first field work failed
Ingvar Svanberg
Wild leafy vegetable use and knowledge across multiple sites in Morocco: a case study for transmission of local knowledge?
Bronwen Powell, Abderrahim Ouarghidi, Timothy Johns, Mohamed Ibn Tattou, Pablo Eyzaguirre
Brazilian and Mexican experiences in the study of incipient domestication
Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins Neto, Nivaldo Peroni, Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Xitlali Aguirre, Susana Guillén, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Fish-based remedies in Spanish ethnomedicine: a review from a historical perspective
José Ramón Vallejo, José Antonio González
Indigenous knowledge, use and on-farm management of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) diversity in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia
Temesgen Magule Olango, Bizuayehu Tesfaye, Marcello Catellani, Mario Enrico Pè
Evidence in support of the role of disturbance vegetation for women’s health and childcare in Western Africa
Alexandra M Towns, Sofie Ruysschaert, Esther van Vliet, Tinde van Andel
Food, home and health: the meanings of food amongst Bengali Women in London
Hannah Maria Jennings, Janice L Thompson, Joy Merrell, Barry Bogin, Michael Heinrich
“I eat the manofê so it is not forgotten”: local perceptions and consumption of native wild edible plants from seasonal dry forests in Brazil
Margarita Paloma Cruz, Patrícia Muniz Medeiros, Iván Sarmiento-Combariza, Nivaldo Peroni, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Quantitative ethnomedicinal study of plants used in the skardu valley at high altitude of Karakoram-Himalayan range, Pakistan
Abida Bano, Mushtaq Ahmad, Taibi Ben Hadda, Abdul Saboor, Shazia Sultana, Muhammad Zafar, Muhammad Pukhtoon Zada Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf
Use and management of traditional medicinal plants by Maale and Ari ethnic communities in southern Ethiopia
Berhane Kidane, Tinde van Andel, Laurentius Josephus Gerardus van der Maesen, Zemede Asfaw
Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine by Oromo people, Ghimbi District, Southwest Ethiopia
Balcha Abera
Diversity, local knowledge and use of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in the municipality of Nocupétaro, Michoacan, Mexico
Alejandro Reyes-González, Andrés Camou-Guerrero, Octavio Reyes-Salas, Arturo Argueta, Alejandro Casas
Non-codified traditional medicine practices from Belgaum Region in Southern India: present scenario
Vinayak Upadhya, Harsha V Hegde, Shripad Bhat, Sanjiva D Kholkute
Food flora in 17th century northeast region of Brazil in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae
Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Local ecological knowledge of the artisanal fishers on Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) (Teleostei: Epinephelidae) on Ilhéus coast – Bahia State, Brazil
Harildon M Ferreira, Gil M Reuss-Strenzel, Johnatas A Alves, Alexandre Schiavetti
Losing fat, gaining treatments: the use of biomedicine as a cure for folk illnesses in the Andes
Amy Blaisdell, Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard
Vulnerability and risk management of Agave species in the Tehuacán Valley, México
América Delgado-Lemus, Ignacio Torres, José Blancas, Alejandro Casas
Ethnobotanical and economic value of Ravenala madagascariensisSonn. in Eastern Madagascar
Nivo Rakotoarivelo, Aina Razanatsima, Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Lucien Rasoaviety, Aro Vonjy Ramarosandratana, Vololoniaina Jeannoda, Alyse R Kuhlman, Armand Randrianasolo, Rainer W Bussmann
Ethnotaxonomy of birds by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca Village, Santa Teresinha municipality, Bahia state, Brazil
Ana Teresa Galvagne Loss, Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto, Caio Graco Machado, Fernando Moreira Flores
Traditional uses of plants in a rural community of Mozambique and possible links with Miombodegradation and harvesting sustainability
Piero Bruschi, Matteo Mancini, Elisabetta Mattioli, Michela Morganti, Maria Adele Signorini
Anchoring durum wheat diversity in the reality of traditional agricultural systems: varieties, seed management, and farmers’ perception in two Moroccan regions
Lamyae Chentoufi, Ali Sahri, Mustapha Arbaoui, Loubna Belqadi, Ahmed Birouk, Pierre Roumet, Marie-Hélène Muller
Medicinal plants in the cultural landscape of a Mapuche-Tehuelche community in arid Argentine Patagonia: an eco-sensorial approach
Soledad Molares, Ana Ladio
Distribution, abundance and traditional management of Agave potatorumin the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico: bases for sustainable use of non-timber forest products
América Delgado-Lemus, Alejandro Casas, Oswaldo Téllez
Ethnobotany in Rayones, Nuevo León, México
Eduardo Estrada-Castillón, Miriam Garza-López, José Ángel Villarreal-Quintanilla, María Magdalena Salinas-Rodríguez, Brianda Elizabeth Soto-Mata, Humberto González-Rodríguez, Dino Ulises González-Uribe, Israel Cantú-Silva, Artemio Carrillo-Parra, César Cantú-Ayala
Common opossum (Didelphis marsupialisLinnaeus, 1758): food and medicine for people in the Amazon
Flávio Bezerra Barros, Pierre de Aguiar Azevedo
Morphological variation, management and domestication of ‘maguey alto’ (Agave inaequidens) and ‘maguey manso’ (A. hookeri) in Michoacán, México
Carmen Julia Figueredo, Alejandro Casas, Patricia Colunga-GarcíaMarín, Jafet M Nassar, Antonio González-Rodríguez
Knowledge and use of edible mushrooms in two municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miroslava Quiñónez-Martínez, Felipe Ruan-Soto, Ivonne Estela Aguilar-Moreno, Fortunato Garza-Ocañas, Toutcha Lebgue-Keleng, Pablo Antonio Lavín-Murcio, Irma Delia Enríquez-Anchondo
Wild food plants traditionally consumed in the area of Bologna (Emilia Romagna region, Italy)
Sabrina Sansanelli, Annalisa Tassoni
Economic benefits of high value medicinal plants to Pakistani communities: an analysis of current practice and potential
Hassan Sher, Ali Aldosari, Ahmad Ali, Hugo J de Boer
Diversity of wetland plants used traditionally in China: a literature review
Yin Zhang, Hualin Xu, Hui Chen, Fei Wang, Huyin Huai
Analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants from residents in Gayasan National Park (Korea)
Mi-Jang Song, Hyun Kim, Byoung-Yoon Lee, Heldenbrand Brian, Chan-Ho Park, Chang-Woo Hyun
Traditional knowledge of wild food plants in a few Tibetan communities
Alessandro Boesi
Knowledge and extractivism of Stryphnodendron rotundifoliumMart. in a local community of the Brazilian Savanna, Northeastern Brazil
Ivanilda Soares Feitosa, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Júlio Marcelino Monteiro
An ethnobotanical study of the less known wild edible figs (genus Ficus) native to Xishuangbanna, Southwest China
Yinxian Shi, Huabin Hu, Youkai Xu, Aizhong Liu
Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone
Maxwell K Boakye, Darren W Pietersen, Antoinette Kotzé, Desiré L Dalton, Raymond Jansen
The river and the sea: fieldwork in human ecology and ethnobiology
Alpina Begossi
Depredation of domestic herds by pumas based on farmer’s information in Southern Brazil
Francine Schulz, Rodrigo C Printes, Larissa R Oliveira
Not just minor wild edible forest products: consumption of pteridophytes in sub-Saharan Africa
Alfred Maroyi
Use of columnar cacti in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico: perspectives for sustainable management of non-timber forest products
Edgar Pérez-Negrón, Patricia Dávila, Alejandro Casas
Comparative analysis of diversity and utilization of edible plants in arid and semi-arid areas in Benin
Alcade C Segnon, Enoch G Achigan-Dako
Local knowledge and exploitation of the avian fauna by a rural community in the semi-arid zone of northeastern Brazil
Pedro Hudson Rodrigues Teixeira, Thiago do Nascimento Thel, Jullio Marques Rocha Ferreira, Severino Mendes de Azevedo Jr, Wallace Rodrigues Telino Junior, Rachel Maria Lyra-Neves
Personal networks: a tool for gaining insight into the transmission of knowledge about food and medicinal plants among Tyrolean (Austrian) migrants in Australia, Brazil and Peru
Ruth Haselmair, Heidemarie Pirker, Elisabeth Kuhn, Christian R Vogl
Comparative homegarden medical ethnobotany of Naxi healers and farmers in Northwestern Yunnan, China
Lixin Yang, Selena Ahmed, John Richard Stepp, Kai Mi, Yanqiang Zhao, Junzeng Ma, Chen Liang, Shengji Pei, Huyin Huai, Gang Xu, Alan C Hamilton, Zhi-wei Yang, Dayuan Xue
Local and scientific knowledge for assessing the use of fallows and mature forest by large mammals in SE Brazil: identifying singularities in folkecology
Helbert Medeiros Prado, Rui Sérgio Sereni Murrieta, Cristina Adams, Eduardo Sonnewend Brondizio
Interaction between forest biodiversity and people’s use of forest resources in Roviana, Solomon Islands: implications for biocultural conservation under socioeconomic changes
Takuro Furusawa, Myknee Qusa Sirikolo, Masatoshi Sasaoka, Ryutaro Ohtsuka
A survey of medicinal plants used by the Deb barma clan of the Tripura tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
Mohammad Humayun Kabir, Nur Hasan, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Md Ashikur Rahman, Jakia Alam Khan, Nazia Tasnim Hoque, Md Ruhul Quddus Bhuiyan, Sadia Moin Mou, Rownak Jahan, Mohammed Rahmatullah
Ethnobotany of dye plants in Dong communities of China
Yujing Liu, Selena Ahmed, Bo Liu, Zhiyong Guo, Weijuan Huang, Xianjin Wu, Shenghua Li, Jiangju Zhou, Qiyi Lei, Chunlin Long
The cultural significance of wild mushrooms in San Mateo Huexoyucan, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Luis Enrique Alonso-Aguilar, Adriana Montoya, Alejandro Kong, Arturo Estrada-Torres, Roberto Garibay-Orijel
Students’ attitudes toward and knowledge about snakes in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil
Rômulo RN Alves, Vanessa N Silva, Dilma MBM Trovão, José V Oliveira, José S Mourão, Thelma LP Dias, Ângelo GC Alves, Reinaldo FP Lucena, Raynner RD Barboza, Paulo FGP Montenegro, Washington LS Vieira, Wedson MS Souto
Ethnoveterinary herbal remedies used by farmers in four north-eastern Swiss cantons (St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden)
Monika Disler, Silvia Ivemeyer, Matthias Hamburger, Christian R Vogl, Anja Tesic, Franziska Klarer, Beat Meier, Michael Walkenhorst
The current status of knowledge of herbal medicine and medicinal plants in Fiche, Ethiopia
Elizabeth d’Avigdor, Hans Wohlmuth, Zemede Asfaw, Tesfaye Awas
Evaluating different methods used in ethnobotanical and ecological studies to record plant biodiversity
Henrique Costa Hermenegildo Silva, Rinaldo Luiz Ferreira Caraciolo, Luiz Carlos Marangon, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Lucilene Lima Santos, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
“Shark is the man!”: ethnoknowledge of Brazil’s South Bahia fishermen regarding shark behaviors
Márcio Luiz Vargas Barbosa-Filho, Alexandre Schiavetti, Daniela Trigueirinho Alarcon, Eraldo Medeiros Costa-Neto
Anti-mosquito plants as an alternative or incremental method for malaria vector control among rural communities of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania
Ester Innocent, Ahmed Hassanali, William NW Kisinza, Prince PP Mutalemwa, Stephen Magesa, Edmund Kayombo
Ritual uses of palms in traditional medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: a review
Marta Gruca, Tinde R van Andel, Henrik Balslev
Traditional health practitioners’ perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections
Denver Davids, Tarryn Blouws, Oluwaseyi Aboyade, Diana Gibson, Joop T De Jong, Charlotte Van’t Klooster, Gail Hughes
Effects of socio-economic household characteristics on traditional knowledge and usage of wild yams and medicinal plants in the Mahafaly region of south-western Madagascar
Jessica N Andriamparany, Katja Brinkmann, Vololoniaina Jeannoda, Andreas Buerkert