Ethnobotanical Survey Of Medicinal Plants In Umueze, Egbelu Nguru Of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State:- Okereafor, Ifeanyi A.
ABSTRACT
An ethnobotanical survey on the medicinal
plants used in treating different ailment in Umueze, Egbelu Nguru of Ngor
Okpala Local Government Area of Imo state, Nigeria.The survey was conducted
using oral interview, a local herbalist (Ethnomedicinal practitioner) as well
as some elderly men and women were interviewed. The different plants were
collected during field trips in December, 2015 as well as April and July, 2016.
Result of this survey indicated that thirty six plants species belonging to
twenty five families of plants featured as recipes in the preparation and
treating of various diseases. The information provided in this paper included
the plants used for medicinal purposes, plants parts used, mode of preparations
and administration. It was indicated that irrespective of plant and plants
parts or their combination used, water is the main medium for all medicinal
preparations. Treatments regime include drinking of aqueous preparation until
symptom disappeared. It was also discovered that these plants in combination
were used in the treatment of ailment such as diabetes, malaria, high blood
pressure, arthritis, convulsion, diarrhea etc. since these plants are of medicinal
value and used to treat various ailment it becomes imperative to conserve them.
To this end, the conservation of plants species of medicine importance should
be pursued vigorously by both government and individual through establishment
of park, botanical gardens and horticultural center in order to safe guard them
from indiscriminate use, over exploitation and destruction.
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MICHAEL, U (2023). Ethnobotanical Survey Of Medicinal Plants In Umueze, Egbelu Nguru Of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State:- Okereafor, Ifeanyi A.. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/ethnobotanical-survey-of-medicinal-plants-in-umueze-egbelu-nguru-of-ngor-okpala-local-government-area-imo-state-okereafor-ifeanyi-a-7-2
UNIVERSITY, MICHAEL. "Ethnobotanical Survey Of Medicinal Plants In Umueze, Egbelu Nguru Of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State:- Okereafor, Ifeanyi A." Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 23 Oct. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/ethnobotanical-survey-of-medicinal-plants-in-umueze-egbelu-nguru-of-ngor-okpala-local-government-area-imo-state-okereafor-ifeanyi-a-7-2. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
UNIVERSITY, MICHAEL. "Ethnobotanical Survey Of Medicinal Plants In Umueze, Egbelu Nguru Of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State:- Okereafor, Ifeanyi A.". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 23 Oct. 2023. Web. 16 May. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/ethnobotanical-survey-of-medicinal-plants-in-umueze-egbelu-nguru-of-ngor-okpala-local-government-area-imo-state-okereafor-ifeanyi-a-7-2 >.
UNIVERSITY, MICHAEL. "Ethnobotanical Survey Of Medicinal Plants In Umueze, Egbelu Nguru Of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State:- Okereafor, Ifeanyi A." Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 16 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/ethnobotanical-survey-of-medicinal-plants-in-umueze-egbelu-nguru-of-ngor-okpala-local-government-area-imo-state-okereafor-ifeanyi-a-7-2