The use of medicinal plants by rural populations of the Pastaza province in the Ecuadorian Amazon

ABSTRACT Mera, Santa Clara and Pastaza municipalities are located in the Ecuadorian Amazon region. The objective of the study was to identify plant species used in traditional medicine by small farmers of these localities, and to classify these plants according to locality, farmer ethnicity and purp...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Vinicio Abril SALTOS, Tomás Elías Ruiz VÁSQUEZ, Jatnel Alonso LAZO, Derwing Viáfara BANGUERA, Pedro Damián Ríos GUAYASAMÍN, Janeth Karina Aguinda VARGAS, Ingrid Vega PEÑAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2016-12-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672016000400355&tlng=en