Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola
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Resumo: | Leguminosae is an economically important family that contains a large number of medicinal plants, many of which are widely used in African traditional medicine. Angola holds a great socio-cultural diversity and is one of the richest floristic regions of the world, with over 900 native Leguminosae species. This study is the first to assess the medicinal uses of the legumes in Angola and provides new data to promote the conservation and the sustainable use of these unique resources. We document the ethnobotanical knowledge on Angola by reviewing the most important herbarium collections and literature, complemented by recent field surveys. Our results revealed that 127 native legume species have medicinal uses and 65% of them have other important uses by local populations. The species with most medicinal applications are Erythrina abyssinica, Bauhinia thonningii and Pterocarpus angolensis. The rich flora found in Angola suggests an enormous potential for discovery of new drugs with therapeutic value. However, the overexploitation and the indiscriminate collection of legumes for multiple uses such as forage, food, timber and medical uses, increases the threats upon the native vegetation. Efforts to assess the conservation status of these species are urgently needed, and future actions should promote the sustainable use of medicinal plants in Angola together with the implementation of conservation strategies. |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from AngolaLeguminosae is an economically important family that contains a large number of medicinal plants, many of which are widely used in African traditional medicine. Angola holds a great socio-cultural diversity and is one of the richest floristic regions of the world, with over 900 native Leguminosae species. This study is the first to assess the medicinal uses of the legumes in Angola and provides new data to promote the conservation and the sustainable use of these unique resources. We document the ethnobotanical knowledge on Angola by reviewing the most important herbarium collections and literature, complemented by recent field surveys. Our results revealed that 127 native legume species have medicinal uses and 65% of them have other important uses by local populations. The species with most medicinal applications are Erythrina abyssinica, Bauhinia thonningii and Pterocarpus angolensis. The rich flora found in Angola suggests an enormous potential for discovery of new drugs with therapeutic value. However, the overexploitation and the indiscriminate collection of legumes for multiple uses such as forage, food, timber and medical uses, increases the threats upon the native vegetation. Efforts to assess the conservation status of these species are urgently needed, and future actions should promote the sustainable use of medicinal plants in Angola together with the implementation of conservation strategies.PeerJRepositório da Universidade de LisboaCatarino, SilviaDuarte, Maria CristinaCosta, EsperançaCarrero, Paula GarciaRomeiras, Maria M.2023-10-13T17:02:24Z2019-052019-05-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/59755engCatarino S, Duarte MC, Costa E, Carrero PG, Romeiras MM. 2019. Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola. PeerJ 7:e6736 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.673610.7717/peerj.6736info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T17:09:10Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/59755Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:09:40.642659Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola Catarino, Silvia |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola |
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Conservation and sustainable use of the medicinal Leguminosae plants from Angola |
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Catarino, Silvia |
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Catarino, Silvia Duarte, Maria Cristina Costa, Esperança Carrero, Paula Garcia Romeiras, Maria M. |
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Duarte, Maria Cristina Costa, Esperança Carrero, Paula Garcia Romeiras, Maria M. |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Catarino, Silvia Duarte, Maria Cristina Costa, Esperança Carrero, Paula Garcia Romeiras, Maria M. |
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Leguminosae is an economically important family that contains a large number of medicinal plants, many of which are widely used in African traditional medicine. Angola holds a great socio-cultural diversity and is one of the richest floristic regions of the world, with over 900 native Leguminosae species. This study is the first to assess the medicinal uses of the legumes in Angola and provides new data to promote the conservation and the sustainable use of these unique resources. We document the ethnobotanical knowledge on Angola by reviewing the most important herbarium collections and literature, complemented by recent field surveys. Our results revealed that 127 native legume species have medicinal uses and 65% of them have other important uses by local populations. The species with most medicinal applications are Erythrina abyssinica, Bauhinia thonningii and Pterocarpus angolensis. The rich flora found in Angola suggests an enormous potential for discovery of new drugs with therapeutic value. However, the overexploitation and the indiscriminate collection of legumes for multiple uses such as forage, food, timber and medical uses, increases the threats upon the native vegetation. Efforts to assess the conservation status of these species are urgently needed, and future actions should promote the sustainable use of medicinal plants in Angola together with the implementation of conservation strategies. |
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