Abebe Birhanu Adibaru, Chane Teferi Samuel
College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Department of Biology, Salale University, Fiche, Ethiopia.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2021 Mar 29;2021:6668541. doi: 10.1155/2021/6668541. eCollection 2021.
Indigenous people of a given community have their own local specific knowledge on plant use, management, and conservation. The objective of this study was to document medicinal plants used to treat human and livestock ailments in Hulet Eju Enese Woreda. The data were collected using semistructured interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations with local people. A total of 100 informants over the age of 20 years were selected to collect information on medicinal plant use. Descriptive statistics (percentage and frequency), Jaccard's similarity index, independent sample -test and analysis of variance, informant consensus factor, fidelity level, preference ranking, and direct matrix ranking were computed. A total of 80 medicinal plant species belonging to 75 genera and 52 families were documented. In terms of species diversity, Solanaceae stood first with 5 species followed by Euphorbiaceae and Malvaceae with 4 species each. Out of eighty medicinal plants, 53 species were used to treat only human ailments, 8 species were used to treat only livestock ailments, and the remaining 19 species were used for treating both human and livestock ailments. From the total medicinal plant species, shrub constitutes the largest number with 42.5% species. The most frequently used plant parts were leaves, accounting for 28.9%. The major routes of administration were oral accounts, 81 (57%), followed by dermal, 45 (31.7%), nasal, 6 (4.2%), and others, 10 (7%). In the disease category with the highest informant consensus factor (0.83) value was sudden sickness. There was highest preference (49) for to treat rabies. was shown to be the top multipurpose species. This study revealed that the study area was rich in medicinal plants. Agricultural expansion, charcoal making, and firewood collection were considered major threats to medicinal plants. Therefore, awareness creation to the youth and training to the healers play a pivotal role to prevent the loss of indigenous knowledge.
特定社区的原住民对植物的使用、管理和保护拥有其当地特有的知识。本研究的目的是记录在胡莱特·埃朱·埃内塞县用于治疗人类和牲畜疾病的药用植物。通过与当地人进行半结构化访谈、焦点小组讨论和实地观察来收集数据。总共挑选了100名20岁以上的信息提供者来收集有关药用植物使用的信息。计算了描述性统计数据（百分比和频率）、雅卡尔相似性指数、独立样本t检验和方差分析、信息提供者共识因子、保真度水平、偏好排序和直接矩阵排序。共记录了80种药用植物，分属于75属52科。在物种多样性方面，茄科以5种位居第一，其次是大戟科和锦葵科，各有4种。在这80种药用植物中，53种仅用于治疗人类疾病，8种仅用于治疗牲畜疾病，其余19种用于治疗人类和牲畜疾病。在所有药用植物物种中，灌木占比最大，为42.5%。最常用的植物部位是叶子，占28.9%。主要给药途径是口服，占81例（57%），其次是皮肤给药，占45例（31.7%），鼻腔给药，占6例（4.2%），其他给药途径，占10例（7%）。在信息提供者共识因子值最高（0.83）的疾病类别中是突发疾病。治疗狂犬病的首选植物是[此处原文缺失植物名称]（49票）。[此处原文缺失植物名称]被证明是最具多用途的物种。本研究表明，研究区域药用植物资源丰富。农业扩张、制炭和砍柴被认为是药用植物的主要威胁。因此，对年轻人开展宣传以及对治疗者进行培训对于防止本土知识的流失起着关键作用。
