Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie)
The authors carried out an ethnobotanical survey on the uses of medicinal plants at the level of the wilaya of Tamanrasset (Algerian Central Sahara). This survey was conducted with 41 informants through a direct interview. The results show that women prevail with 63.4%. They are the holders of ances...
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| description | The authors carried out an ethnobotanical survey on the uses of medicinal plants at the level of the wilaya of Tamanrasset (Algerian Central Sahara). This survey was conducted with 41 informants through a direct interview. The results show that women prevail with 63.4%. They are the holders of ancestral therapeutic knowledge and the custodians of Saharan ethnobotanical information. Age groups over 50 years predominate with 61%. It is an index of better knowledge on traditional medicinal uses of plants by older people. Traditional healers are the primary source of ethnomedicinal information for the local population (68.3%). The local population surveyed reported 27 plants having current medicinal interests. These plant species belong to 15 botanical families, of which the Asteraceae and the Fabaceae are dominant. These medicinal plants can treat 58 illnesses and symptoms, of which rheumatism and constipation are the most frequently treated. The leaves and aerial parts prepared in decoction or infusion in water are considered the most common preparations. Concerning the other uses (food, fodder, artisanal, veterinary), 17 medicinal plants also have a fodder interest, 15 are used as human food, nine have artisanal interests, and three are used to care for livestock (notably the dromedary). There is still a great wealth of ethnobotanical and especially ethnomedicinal information among the Tuareg ethnic group from Tamanrasset. The preservation of this ethnoflora is necessary for the sustainability of this traditional medicine in the Algerian Sahara. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-087c5a84510b43e498105f3d63a748662024-02-13T14:10:55ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-844222110.4000/vertigo.35315Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie)Rachid MeddourOuahiba SaharAmina BabkarThe authors carried out an ethnobotanical survey on the uses of medicinal plants at the level of the wilaya of Tamanrasset (Algerian Central Sahara). This survey was conducted with 41 informants through a direct interview. The results show that women prevail with 63.4%. They are the holders of ancestral therapeutic knowledge and the custodians of Saharan ethnobotanical information. Age groups over 50 years predominate with 61%. It is an index of better knowledge on traditional medicinal uses of plants by older people. Traditional healers are the primary source of ethnomedicinal information for the local population (68.3%). The local population surveyed reported 27 plants having current medicinal interests. These plant species belong to 15 botanical families, of which the Asteraceae and the Fabaceae are dominant. These medicinal plants can treat 58 illnesses and symptoms, of which rheumatism and constipation are the most frequently treated. The leaves and aerial parts prepared in decoction or infusion in water are considered the most common preparations. Concerning the other uses (food, fodder, artisanal, veterinary), 17 medicinal plants also have a fodder interest, 15 are used as human food, nine have artisanal interests, and three are used to care for livestock (notably the dromedary). There is still a great wealth of ethnobotanical and especially ethnomedicinal information among the Tuareg ethnic group from Tamanrasset. The preservation of this ethnoflora is necessary for the sustainability of this traditional medicine in the Algerian Sahara.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/35315ethnofloraspontaneous medicinal plantstraditional pharmacopeiaethnomedicinal knowledgesemi-nomadsTuareg |
| spellingShingle | Rachid Meddour Ouahiba Sahar Amina Babkar Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie) VertigO ethnoflora spontaneous medicinal plants traditional pharmacopeia ethnomedicinal knowledge semi-nomads Tuareg |
| title | Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie) |
| title_full | Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie) |
| title_fullStr | Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie) |
| title_short | Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie) |
| title_sort | savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanees chez les populations de la wilaya de tamanrasset sahara central algerie |
| topic | ethnoflora spontaneous medicinal plants traditional pharmacopeia ethnomedicinal knowledge semi-nomads Tuareg |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/35315 |
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