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Traditional medicines and herbal remedies have gained recognition status in health care. The Tanzanian government encourages and promotes these medicines’ use (Traditional and Alternative Medicines Act 23 of 2002; Stangeland, 2008). Thus, medicinal plants are prone to extinction because of the increased demand for their use. Besides, available literature documenting medicinal plants does not include a pictorial representation of the documented plant. Due to the above-stated deficit, ethnolinguistic and ethnobotanical studies focus on merging the local and scientific nomenclature and the indigenous techniques used in conserving and preserving medicinal plants are paramount. This kind of study is crucial towards promoting knowledge sharing and preserving of medicinal plants conservation techniques across Hehe generations.
Dr. Onesmo S. Nyinondi
The study is intended to document plant species with medicinal significance by merging both the local/traditional with scientific names and developing a pictorial dictionary for future references
Other project team members are Dr. Elly Ligate, Senior Lecturer in vegetation studies and conservation ecology, Dr. Prisila Mkenda, Lecturer in ecological diversity, Mr. Gaston Mbilinyi, Principal Lab- Technologist in botany.