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

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 111; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.032

1872-7573

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

Seed and Plant Biochemistry

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.