"International Journal of Herbal Medicine"

Volume 2, Issue 5

 

The catalogue of medicinal plants used in the region of El Jadida

 

Author(s): Briguiche. H, Rochdi. A, Zidane. L

Abstract: This ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out in 2014 in El-Jadida area that has led to the development of a catalog of medicinal plants which has all the informations about the therapeutic uses practiced by the local population. A total of 204 people (plants’ users, herbalists and traditional healers) participated in this survey using stratified random sampling techniques. The study of medicinal flora showed a floristic richness of 70 species belonging to 69 genera and 37 families, with a predominance of Lamiaceae and Apiaceae (12.85%), Asteraceae (7.14%) and Fabaceae (5.71%).

 

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