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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Suffering Guest Editors: Rahmatullah Qureshi, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Hassan Obied, Viliana Vasileva, and Mohammad A. Tariq Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Suffering Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Suffering Guest Editors: Rahmatullah Qureshi, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Hassan Obied, Viliana Vasileva, and Mohammad A. Tariq Copyright © 2016 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board M. Abdel-Tawab, Germany J. Youl Cho, Republic of Korea D. García Giménez, Spain Jon Adams, Australia K. B. Christensen, Denmark Gabino Garrido, Chile GabrielA.Agbor,Cameroon Shuang-En Chuang, Taiwan Ipek Goktepe, Qatar U. P. Albuquerque, Brazil Y. Clement, Trinidad And Tobago Michael Goldstein, USA Samir Lutf Aleryani, USA Paolo Coghi, Italy Yuewen Gong, Canada M. S. Ali-Shtayeh, Palestine Marisa Colone, Italy Settimio Grimaldi, Italy Gianni Allais, Italy Lisa A. Conboy, USA Maruti Ram Gudavalli, USA Terje Alraek, Norway Kieran Cooley, Canada Alessandra Guerrini, Italy Shrikant Anant, USA Edwin L. Cooper, USA Narcis Gusi, Spain Isabel Andújar, Spain Olivia Corcoran, UK Svein Haavik, Norway Letizia Angiolella, Italy Muriel Cuendet, Switzerland Solomon Habtemariam, UK Makoto Arai, Japan RobertoK.N.Cuman,Brazil Abid Hamid, India Hyunsu Bae, Republic of Korea Vincenzo De Feo, Italy Michael G. Hammes, Germany Giacinto Bagetta, Italy Rocío De la Puerta, Spain K. B. Harikumar, India Onesmo B. Balemba, USA Laura De Martino, Italy Cory S. Harris, Canada Winfried Banzer, Germany Nunziatina De Tommasi, Italy Thierry Hennebelle, France Panos Barlas, UK Alexandra Deters, Germany Eleanor Holroyd, Australia Samra Bashir, Pakistan Farzad Deyhim, USA Markus Horneber, Germany Jairo Kennup Bastos, Brazil Manuela Di Franco, Italy Ching-Liang Hsieh, Taiwan Arpita Basu, USA Claudia Di Giacomo, Italy BennyT.K.Huat,Singapore Sujit Basu, USA Antonella Di Sotto, Italy Helmut Hugel, Australia G. David Baxter, New Zealand M.-G. Dijoux-Franca, France Ciara Hughes, Ireland André-Michael Beer, Germany Luciana Dini, Italy Attila Hunyadi, Hungary Alvin J. Beitz, USA Caigan Du, Canada Sumiko Hyuga, Japan Louise Bennett, Australia Jeng-Ren Duann, USA H. Stephen Injeyan, Canada Maria Camilla Bergonzi, Italy Nativ Dudai, Israel Chie Ishikawa, Japan Anna Rita Bilia, Italy Thomas Efferth, Germany Angelo A. Izzo, Italy Yong C. Boo, Republic of Korea Abir El-Alfy, USA Chris J. Branford-White, UK Monica Borgatti, Italy Giuseppe Esposito, Italy Suresh Jadhav, India Francesca Borrelli, Italy Keturah R. Faurot, USA G. K. Jayaprakasha, USA Gloria Brusotti, Italy Nianping Feng, China Zeev L Kain, USA Arndt Büssing, Germany Yibin Feng, Hong Kong Osamu Kanauchi, Japan Rainer W. Bussmann, USA P. D. Fe r n an d e s , B r a z i l Wenyi Kang, China Andrew J. Butler, USA J. Fernandez-Carnero, Spain Shao-Hsuan Kao, Taiwan Gioacchino Calapai, Italy Antonella Fioravanti, Italy Juntra Karbwang, Japan Giuseppe Caminiti, Italy Fabio Firenzuoli, Italy Kenji Kawakita, Japan Raffaele Capasso, Italy Peter Fisher, UK Teh Ley Kek, Malaysia Francesco Cardini, Italy Filippo Fratini, Italy Deborah A. Kennedy, Canada Opher Caspi, Israel Brett Froeliger, USA Cheorl-Ho Kim, Republic of Korea Pierre Champy, France Maria pia Fuggetta, Italy Youn C. Kim, Republic of Korea Shun-Wan Chan, Hong Kong Joel J. Gagnier, Canada Yoshiyuki Kimura, Japan Il-Moo Chang, Republic of Korea Siew Hua Gan, Malaysia Toshiaki Kogure, Japan Kevin Chen, USA Jian-Li Gao, China Jian Kong, USA Evan P. Cherniack, USA Mary K. Garcia, USA Tetsuya Konishi, Japan Salvatore Chirumbolo, Italy S. Garcia de Arriba, Germany Karin Kraft, Germany Omer Kucuk, USA Yoshiharu Motoo, Japan Tadaaki Satou, Japan Victor Kuete, Cameroon Kamal D. Moudgil, USA Michael A. Savka, USA Yiu W. Kwan, Hong Kong Yoshiki Mukudai, Japan Claudia Scherr, Switzerland Kuang C. Lai, Taiwan Frauke Musial, Germany Andrew Scholey, Australia Ilaria Lampronti, Italy MinKyun Na, Republic of Korea Roland Schoop, Switzerland Lixing Lao, Hong Kong Hajime Nakae, Japan Sven Schröder, Germany Christian Lehmann, Canada Srinivas Nammi, Australia Herbert Schwabl, Switzerland Marco Leonti, Italy Krishnadas Nandakumar, India Veronique Seidel, UK Lawrence Leung, Canada Vitaly Napadow, USA Senthamil Selvan, USA Shahar Lev-ari, Israel Michele Navarra, Italy Felice Senatore, Italy Chun-Guang Li, Australia Isabella Neri, Italy Hongcai Shang, China Min Li, China Pratibha V. Nerurkar, USA Karen J. Sherman, USA Xiu-Min Li, USA Karen Nieber, Germany Ronald Sherman, USA Bi-Fong Lin, Taiwan Menachem Oberbaum, Israel Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Japan Ho Lin, Taiwan Martin Offenbaecher, Germany Kan Shimpo, Japan Christopher G. Lis, USA Junetsu Ogasawara, Japan Yukihiro Shoyama, Japan Gerhard Litscher, Austria Ki-Wan Oh, Republic of Korea Judith Shuval, Israel I-Min Liu, Taiwan Yoshiji Ohta, Japan Morry Silberstein, Australia Yijun Liu, USA Olumayokun A. Olajide, UK K. N. S. Sirajudeen, Malaysia Víctor López, Spain Thomas Ostermann, Germany Graeme Smith, UK Thomas Lundeberg, Sweden Siyaram Pandey, Canada Chang-Gue Son, Republic of Korea Dawn M. Bellanti, USA Bhushan Patwardhan, India Rachid Soulimani, France Filippo Maggi, Italy Florian Pfab, Germany Didier Stien, France Valentina Maggini, Italy Sonia Piacente, Italy Con Stough, Australia Gail B. Mahady, USA Andrea Pieroni, Italy Annarita Stringaro, Italy Jamal Mahajna, Israel Richard Pietras, USA Shan-Yu Su, Taiwan Juraj Majtan, Slovakia Andrew Pipingas, Australia Barbara Swanson, USA Francesca Mancianti, Italy Jose M. Prieto, UK Giuseppe Tagarelli, Italy Carmen Mannucci, Italy Haifa Qiao, USA O. Taglialatela-Scafati, Italy Arroyo-Morales Manuel, Spain Waris Qidwai, Pakistan Takashi Takeda, Japan Fulvio Marzatico, Italy Xianqin Qu, Australia Ghee T. Tan, USA Marta Marzotto, Italy E. F. Queiroz, Switzerland Hirofumi Tanaka, USA James H. McAuley, Australia Roja Rahimi, Iran Norman Temple, Canada Kristine McGrath, Australia Khalid Rahman, UK Mayank Thakur, Germany JamesS.McLay,UK Cheppail Ramachandran, USA Menaka C. Thounaojam, USA Lewis Mehl-Madrona, USA Elia Ranzato, Italy Evelin Tiralongo, Australia Peter Meiser, Germany Ke Ren, USA Stephanie Tjen-A-Looi, USA Karin Meissner, Germany Man Hee Rhee, Republic of Korea Michał Tomczyk, Poland Albert S Mellick, Australia Luigi Ricciardiello, Italy Loren Toussaint, USA A. G. Mensah-Nyagan, France Daniela Rigano, Italy Yew-Min Tzeng, Taiwan Andreas Michalsen, Germany José L. Ríos, Spain Dawn M. 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    ii Quick Guide This book is divided into two sections: the first part provides descriptions of some common trees and shrubs of Botswana, and the second is the complete checklist. The scientific names of the families, genera, and species are arranged alphabetically. Vernacular names are also arranged alphabetically, starting with Setswana and followed by English. Setswana names are separated by a semi-colon from English names. A glossary at the end of the book defines botanical terms used in the text. Species that are listed in the Red Data List for Botswana are indicated by an ® preceding the name. The letters N, SW, and SE indicate the distribution of the species within Botswana according to the Flora zambesiaca geographical regions. Flora zambesiaca regions used in the checklist. Administrative District FZ geographical region Central District SE & N Chobe District N Ghanzi District SW Kgalagadi District SW Kgatleng District SE Kweneng District SW & SE Ngamiland District N North East District N South East District SE Southern District SW & SE N CHOBE DISTRICT NGAMILAND DISTRICT ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA NORTH EAST DISTRICT CENTRAL DISTRICT GHANZI DISTRICT KWENENG DISTRICT KGATLENG KGALAGADI DISTRICT DISTRICT SOUTHERN SOUTH EAST DISTRICT DISTRICT SOUTH AFRICA 0 Kilometres 400 i ii Trees of Botswana: names and distribution Moffat P. Setshogo & Fanie Venter iii Recommended citation format SETSHOGO, M.P. & VENTER, F. 2003. Trees of Botswana: names and distribution. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 18. Pretoria. Produced by University of Botswana Herbarium Private Bag UB00704 Gaborone Tel: (267) 355 2602 Fax: (267) 318 5097 E-mail: [email protected] Published by Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET), c/o National Botanical Institute, Private Bag X101, 0001 Pretoria and University of Botswana Herbarium, Private Bag UB00704, Gaborone.
  • Melanie Ramasawmy Thesis

    Melanie Ramasawmy Thesis

    DOCTORAL THESIS Do ‘chickens dream only of grain’? Uncovering the social role of poultry in Ethiopia Ramasawmy, Melanie Award date: 2017 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 05. Oct. 2021 Do ‘chickens dream only of grain’? Uncovering the social role of poultry in Ethiopia. By Melanie R Ramasawmy BA, BSc, MSc A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of PhD Department of Life Sciences University of Roehampton 2017 i Abstract The Amharic proverb ‘Chickens dream only of grain’ could easily describe our own lack of imagination when thinking about poultry. In the sectors of agriculture and development, there is growing recognition of how chickens could be used in poverty alleviation, as a source of income and protein, and a means of gender empowerment. However, interventions do not always achieve their goals, due to a lack of understanding of the local context in which chickens will be consumed.
  • Addis Ababa University School of Graduate Studies

    Addis Ababa University School of Graduate Studies

    Addis Ababa University School of Graduate Studies ~~----' -'.--- ~,8fudy~orrthe Ecology and Management of the Dess'a Forest in the North Eastern Escarpment of Ethiopia. /" ~..,..,/ A Thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Science in Dryland Biodiversity. Addis Ababa University Abstract This study aims to investigate the potentials and limitations of involving local communities in biodiversity conservation and to propose appropriate development strategies for harnessing such potentials in the Dess'a Forest, Eastern Tigray, North Eastern escarpment of Ethiopia. The Dessa Forest has a high degree of species diversity and endemism that is threatened by increasing human pressure. Conceptually, the research was based on the appreciation of the existence of varying value systems of the local communities in relation to the forest resources. The study further examine the regeneration, and forest structure to obtain information on forest status and to see factors governing the ecology of the forest. Data on the vegetation structure were collected from 59 randomly selected sample plots located at 50 meters altitudinal intervals, ranging from 1500 to 2850 meters above sea level. In the sample plots of the study area 82 species belonging to 33 families were identified. Relative density, Relative frequency, Relative basal area and importance value Index were calculated for each species which showed the overall forest situation. The Importance Value Index (lVI) was analyzed along altitudinal gradient of which five dominant species were identified. These dominant species were Olea europaea, Juniperus procera, Rhus nata/ensis, May tenus arbutifolia and Tarconanthus camphoratus. iii / It was found that in most cases Olea europaea SU~\ m qusp!dfll9 wlVl )he highest , contributor to the relative basal area of the forest area.