Ethnobotanical Study on Assessment of Practice on Traditional Plant Medicine Use among People of Wonchi District, Central Ethiopia
Keywords:
Indiginous practice, Local people, Medicinal plants, Traditional Medicine, Wonch districtAbstract
Ethiopia is a country characterized by a wide range of climate and ecological condition which helped to have high diversity of medicinal plants and up to 80% of the population use traditional medicine for primary health care. Studies on the current practices of the communities in the area are vital to document the basic information in these regars. Therefore, this study was aimed in assessing the practices of traditional plant medicine use among communities of Wonchi District.
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