The medicinal use of some weeds, problem and alien plants in the Grahamstown and Peddie districts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Title: The medicinal use of some weeds, problem and alien plants in the Grahamstown and Peddie districts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Dold, Anthony P
Creator: Cocks, Michelle L
Date Issued: 2000
Date: 2000
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6514
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005942
Description: A List of 33 medicinal plants of exotic or indigenous origin, listed as problem plants or declared weeds, is presented. The cultural uses of these plants should be taken into account when weed legislation in South Africa is considered. Of these species, six have no previous medicinal uses recorded in the literature surveyed and 21 species have additional, previously unrecorded uses. Nine previously unrecorded Xhosa names for plants are documented. Plant use categories and indigenous knowledge is discussed regarding the recorded species. The use of alien plants shows that African traditional healing is not static, but dynamic and adaptive.
Format: 7 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Dold, A.P. and Cocks, M.L. (2000) The medicinal use of some weeds, problem and alien plants in the Grahamstown and Peddie districts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 96 (9/10). pp. 467-473.

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RU Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Dold, Anthony Patrick (Mr)

SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities

Cocks, Michelle Linda (Assoc Prof)

RU Department of Botany

SDG 15. Life On Land

SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being

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