Tanzania has a very rich flora of more than 10,000 species of which 1000 plant species are used in traditional medicine. About 80% of rural people depend on traditional herb for their primary health care needs. High rates of deforestation and over harvesting of barks and roots have diminished supply of medicinal tree parts harvested, used and traded does not exist.
Publication year
2003
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
domestication, medicinal plants, species, sustainability, trees, uses
Geographic
Tanzania
