An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

Vicente Tene; Omar Malagón; Paola Vita Finzi; Giovanni Vidari; Chabaco Armijos; Tomás Zaragoza

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.032

An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

J Ethnopharmacol. 2007 Apr 20;111(1):63-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.032. Epub 2006 Nov 6.

Authors

Vicente Tene¹, Omar Malagón, Paola Vita Finzi, Giovanni Vidari, Chabaco Armijos, Tomás Zaragoza

Affiliation

¹ Planta de Productos Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador.

PMID: 17137737
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.032

Abstract

This paper reports the results of an ethnobotanical survey on the uses of medicinal plants by inhabitants of two southern Ecuadorian provinces, namely, Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe. In this region, two surviving ethnic groups, the Saraguros and the Shuars, and the descendants of a now extinct culture, the Paltas, have been identified. The present study reports a total of 275 plant species, having 68 different therapeutical uses.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Data Collection
Ecuador
Ethnobotany*
Humans
Medicine, Traditional*
Phytotherapy*
Plants, Medicinal*