Background: The article ascertains the intellectual legacy and impact of Rainer Willi Bussmann (RWB), an active ethnobotanist. It is a scientometric review intended to provide tribute contributions he has made Ethnobiology, associated disciplines.Methods: Bussmann’s various IDs were used collect his publications from Scopus, Web Science, Google Scholar ResearchGate. He was also contacted (via e...

Learning using popular scientific books based on the local potential of an area is one solution that can be used to overcome problems often arise such as a lack student reading interest due boring teaching materials and learning media in Ethnobotany courses, especially some ethnobotany studies require students interact directly with community. This development research aims describe practicalit...

Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ripu M. Kunwar, Hassan Sher and Rainer W. Bussmann (Eds). Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. xliv + 2185 pp. Price: € 899.99, Print ISBN 978-3-030-57407-9; Online 978-3-030-57408-6; doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/151 Ethnobotany Research & Applications 3:025-035 (2005) Kurt A. Reynertson and Edward J. Kennelly, The Graduate Center, City University of New York and Lehman College, Department of Biology, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. U.S.A. allerslev@gmail. com, [email protected] Margaret J. Basile, University of Miami School of Medicine, Depart...

1 Laboratory of Applied Ethnobotany, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil 2 Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 3Ethnozoology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group, Department of Biology, State University of Paraı́ba, 58429-500 João P...

A main objective of ethnobotany is to document traditional knowledge about plants before it disappears. However, little is known about the coverage of past ethnobotanical studies and thus about how well the existing literature covers the overall traditional knowledge of different human groups. To bridge this gap, we investigated ethnobotanical data-collecting efforts across four countries (Colo...

AIM Preparation of daily traditional drink by the indigenous tribes is a common phenomenon in India. Oraon tribes in Malda district of West Bengal, India are very much practiced in making of their own native brew, known as Chullu. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the whole Chullu procedure technology of the region and its socioeconomic effect on Oraon. Ethnomedicinal investigatio...

The study of ethnobotany relating to any tribe is in itself a very intricate or convoluted process. This paper documents the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants that are in use by the indigenous Jaintia tribes residing in few isolated pockets of northeast India. The present study was done through structured questionnaires in consultations with the tribal practitioners and has resulted in ...

D on Jose,” an experienced traditional healer in his 60s, concentrated his gaze on his middle-aged p atient, looking carefully into her eyes as she re c i ted her symptoms. “I am fatigued, frequently with pain in my abdomen, and have a feeling of fullness. My periods are so heavy—I notice that I pass huge clots of blood which look dark and deep red,” she noted. He reached tow a rd her and held ...

BACKGROUND Trough collections of plants and interviews with 110 individuals, an ethnobotanical study was conducted in order to determine the knowledge and use plant species in Rayones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The aim of this study was to record all useful plants and their uses, to know whether differences exist in the knowledge about the number of species and uses between women and men, and to know...