Without systematic documentation, traditional plants’ uses could be lost or excluded from mainstream medical discourse.
- Professor, North-West University
The use of medicinal plants in childhood diseases remains largely undocumented. A study in North West province in South Africa catalogued many of these for the first time.
Thousands of plant species are used in African traditional medicine. Extracts from some of these plants are part of important pharmaceutical drugs.
Medicinal plants and the associated indigenous knowledge could offer alternatives for women who lack access to modern contraceptives.
Wider acceptance of indigenous plants could help reduce over-reliance on exotic food varieties.
Traditional herbal medicines and cosmetics remain popular in South Africa especially in rural areas where they are part of people’s culture.
Africa’s key to future food-nutrition security may depend on the untapped potential of indigenous fruit trees.
African leaders can make strategies to fight COVID-19 more accessible to the people.
Communities who are the custodians of the knowledge associated with African traditional medicinal plants must derive a fair economic return from these natural resources.
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