Medicinal plants popularly used in the Xingó region – a semi-arid location in Northeastern Brazil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The aim of this study was to identify plant species among the diverse flora of the <it>caatinga </it>ecosystem that are used therapeutically. Research was undertaken in the municipalities of Piranhas and Delmiro Gouveia, in the Xingó region (state of...

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Main Authors: de Albuquerque Ulysses, de Amorim Elba, Almeida Cecília, Maia Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/2/1/15