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Description	Ankober District has long been inhabited by people who have a long tradition of using medicinal plants to treat human ailments. Overexploitation of medicinal plants coupled with an ever-increasing population growth, deforestation and agricultural land expansion threatens plants in the area. Hence, this study aimed at documenting and analyzing the plant-based ethnomedicinal knowledge of the people in order to preserve the dwindling indigenous knowledge.Ethnobotanical data were collected using semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation and walk-in-the-woods. Quantitative approaches were used to determine Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) and Fidelity level (FL) values.Statistical tests were used to compare the indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants among different informant categories.The study revealed that Ankober District is rich in medicinal plant diversity and associated indigenous knowledge. However, anthropogenic factors coupled with acculturation and very po Ankober District has long been inhabited by people who have a long tradition of using medicinal plants to treat human ailments. Overexploitation of medicinal plants coupled with an ever-increasing population growth, deforestation and agricultural land expansion threatens plants in the area. Hence, this study aimed at documenting and analyzing the plant-based ethnomedicinal knowledge of the people in order to preserve the dwindling indigenous knowledge.Ethnobotanical data were collected using semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation and walk-in-the-woods. Quantitative approaches were used to determine Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) and Fidelity level (FL) values.Statistical tests were used to compare the indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants among different informant categories.The study revealed that Ankober District is rich in medicinal plant diversity and associated indigenous knowledge. However, anthropogenic factors coupled with acculturation and very po (en)
Title	Ethnomedicinal study of plants used for human ailments in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Ethnomedicinal study of plants used for human ailments in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia (en)
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http://linked.open.../riv/druhVysledku	J - Článek v odborném periodiku
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http://linked.open.../riv/klicovaSlova	Ethnomedicine, Fidelity level, Informants consensus factor, Indigenous knowledge, Medicinal plants, Traditional healers (en)
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http://linked.open...i/riv/nazevZdroje	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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http://linked.open...UplatneniVysledku	2013
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http://linked.open...iv/tvurceVysledku	Van Damme, Patrick Asfaw, Zemede Kelbessa, Ensermu Lukelal, Ermias
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