Medicinal Plants Inventory and Ethnobotanical Study in the Region of Ath Voughardane (Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria)
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1Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja*, 2Boumrar Lisa, 3Lakabi Lynda, 4Guermah Dyhia
Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences.
Botany, Vol.41 B, No.2.
July-December 2022: P.129-138
Original Research Article
DOI: 10.5958/2320-3196.2022.00016.7
Description
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Medicinal Plants Inventory and Ethnobotanical Study in the Region of Ath Voughardane (Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria)
1Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja*, 2Boumrar Lisa, 3Lakabi Lynda, 4Guermah Dyhia
Author’s Affiliation
1,2,3,4 Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes. Influence des variations climatiques. Département de Biologie. Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou. 15000 Algérie.
*Corresponding Author:
Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja
Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes. Influence des variations climatiques. Département de Biologie. Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou.
15000 Algérie.
E-mail:
medjdoubferroudja@yahoo.fr
How to cite this article: Medjdoub-Bensaad F., Boumrar L., Lakabi L., Guermah D. (2022). Medicinal Plants Inventory and Ethnobotanical Study in the Region of Ath Voughardane (Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria). Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences-Botany, 41B(2), 129-138.
Received on 30.06.2022
Revised on 15.10.2022
Accepted on 30.11.2022
Published on 15.12.2022
Abstract
The study focuses on an inventory of medicinal plants with an ethnobotanical survey carried out in the Ath Voughardane (Assi-Youcef) municipality in the Tizi-Ouzou department. Important information on medicinal plants has been provided and all information concerning the therapeutic uses practiced by the local population is gathered using 439 questionnaires distributed to 77 people in the region. Most people who have knowledge of herbal medicine are aged 50 and over and the majorities are women. We managed to inventory 120 species, belonging to 49 families, including the Asteraceae ranked first with 15 species. The analysis of the results showed that most of the plants listed are used for healing, using in the majority of cases the leaves which constitute the most used organ of the plant, prepared mainly by decoction and administered orally.
Keywords:
Diversity,
Medicinal plants,
Herbal medicine, Ethnobotanical Survey, Ath voughardane
