We assessed the medicinal plant composition of a primary and secondary forest stand in lower montane wet forest in La Cruz, Costa Rica. Herbaceous and woody plant species above 45cm and below 200 cm in height (excluding vines and ferns) were collected identified and evidence for possible medicinal properties sought in both medicinal reference books and from local herbalist. We found approximately the same overall and medicinal diversity in both stands, but the species composition changed between primary and secondary forests. From our interviews with local herbalists, we found that herbalists knew more medicinal species in secondary growth than primary growth. This is expected since secondary forests are more accessible to local communities...
Costa Rica has a rich medicinal flora of several hundred species. These plants grow in several types...
Most Costa Rican forests have been intensively studied in recent years. One exception is the transit...
The criteria that local people use for selecting medicinal plants have been a recurrent topic in pha...
We assessed the medicinal plant composition of a primary and secondary forest stand in lower montane...
Plant secondary metabolites are known to play a major role in the adaptation of plants to their envi...
We assessed quantitatively the woody species used for timber, medicine, and other products in 10 tro...
This study was completed in Monteverde, Costa Rica on the diversity of medicinal plants in: premonta...
Plants are an extremely important contributor to many medicines throughout the world. Because of the...
Medicinal plants are plants that contain medical properties in one or more of their organs. Medicina...
A total of 416 publications on medicinal plants from Costa Rica are compiled from the period 1930- 2...
The study characterised stand structure and floristic composition of woody life forms in three, 16-1...
Abstract : A survey was conducted of medicinal plants for gastrointestinal disorders used by inhabit...
We characterized stand structure and floristic composition of woody life forms in three, 16-18 yr ol...
Approximately 80% of the world population relies on medicinal plants from the forest, home gardens, ...
Abstract Background Although the flora of the State of Nuevo León is well known, there are few recor...
Costa Rica has a rich medicinal flora of several hundred species. These plants grow in several types...
Most Costa Rican forests have been intensively studied in recent years. One exception is the transit...
The criteria that local people use for selecting medicinal plants have been a recurrent topic in pha...
We assessed the medicinal plant composition of a primary and secondary forest stand in lower montane...
Plant secondary metabolites are known to play a major role in the adaptation of plants to their envi...
We assessed quantitatively the woody species used for timber, medicine, and other products in 10 tro...
This study was completed in Monteverde, Costa Rica on the diversity of medicinal plants in: premonta...
Plants are an extremely important contributor to many medicines throughout the world. Because of the...
Medicinal plants are plants that contain medical properties in one or more of their organs. Medicina...
A total of 416 publications on medicinal plants from Costa Rica are compiled from the period 1930- 2...
The study characterised stand structure and floristic composition of woody life forms in three, 16-1...
Abstract : A survey was conducted of medicinal plants for gastrointestinal disorders used by inhabit...
We characterized stand structure and floristic composition of woody life forms in three, 16-18 yr ol...
Approximately 80% of the world population relies on medicinal plants from the forest, home gardens, ...
Abstract Background Although the flora of the State of Nuevo León is well known, there are few recor...
Costa Rica has a rich medicinal flora of several hundred species. These plants grow in several types...
Most Costa Rican forests have been intensively studied in recent years. One exception is the transit...
The criteria that local people use for selecting medicinal plants have been a recurrent topic in pha...