An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

This paper reports the results of an ethnobotanical survey on the uses of medicinal plants by inhabitants of two southern Ecuadorian provinces, namely, Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe. In this region, two surviving ethnic groups, the Saraguros and the Shuars, and the descendants of a now extinct culture,...

• Main Author: Malagon Aviles, O. (author)
• Other Authors: Vidari, G. (author), Zaragoza, T. (author), Tene, V. (author), Armijos Riofrio, C. (author), Finzi, P. (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: ecuador; ethnobotanical survey; medicinal plants; palta; saraguro; shuar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.032; http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19314