ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY  COMMUNITIES IN GODERE DISTRICT, GAMBELLA REGION, SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA

DAWIT, WAKJIRA

dc.contributor.author	DAWIT, WAKJIRA
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-05T04:28:50Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-05T04:28:50Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8395
dc.description.abstract	Ethnobotanical study is used to document, describe and explain complex relationships between human and plants, focusing primarily on how plants are used, managed and often important for the discovery of crude drugs. Thus, an ethnobotanical study was conducted in Godere district, Gambella region form September 2013 - June 2014 to compile and document indigenous knowledge of local community on medicinal plants. A total of 84 informants were selected randomly from four villages and out of these 20 key informants were selected with the help of local administers, elders and other community members. Semi-structured interview, group discussion and field observation were used for ethnobotanical data collection. Descriptive statistics, informant consensus factor, preference ranking, fidelity level index and direct matrix ranking were used for ethnobotanical data analysis. In this study, 81 medicinal plant species were collected, identified and documented. The plants were distributed among 47 families and 69 genera. Asteraceae and Solanaceae were the highest families in terms of species composition. Most of them were collected from wild and tree was the most habit of the medicinal plants. Leaf was the most frequently utilized plants part. The most popular modes of preparation and route of administration was squeezing and oral route, respectively. Heart failure and liver disease category scored the highest informant consensus factor of 0.88. Achyrospermum schimperi was the most favored over the other plant species cited in treating diarrhea. Cordia africana was the multipurpose plant. Mostly Indigenous knowledge on traditional medicinal plants was transferred from family to child orally. Significant correlation was observed between the numbers of species reported and the age of informants but insignificant with gender and educational status. Agricultural expansion, timber production, need for fire wood and construction were the most common factors for diminishing the number of the medicinal plants. Training and supporting of the traditional healers increase their potential and educating the local people about conservation help them to conserve the medicinal plants. Key words: Ethnobotany, Indigenous knowledge, Medicinal plant, Godere, Gambella	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	biology	en_US
dc.title	ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY COMMUNITIES IN GODERE DISTRICT, GAMBELLA REGION, SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US