Asparagus sekukuniensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.: A threatened medicinal plant species used by Vhavenda in the Soutpansberg Region, Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorRamarumo, Luambo Jeffreyen_US
dc.contributor.authorMaroyi, Alfreden_US
dc.contributor.authorTshisikhawe, Milingoni Peteren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-16T08:55:36Z
dc.date.available2020-10-16T08:55:36Z
dc.date.issued2019-06
dc.description.abstractAsparagus sekukuniensis is at risk of extinction in South Africa due to over-collection as herbal medicine. However,there is a scant of literature on the diseases cured by the species, parts used, dosage, and how it is administered.Therefore, this study was aimed at documenting ethnomedicinal uses of A. sekukuniensis, in the Soutpansberg Region,Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa. Data on ethnomedicinal uses of A. sekukuniensis weregathered with an aid of semi-structured dialogues, observations, and guided field walk by 125 participants betweenMay and December 2018. Among the participants, laypeople were 35.2% and subsistence farmers were 14.4%.Specialist herbal healers include child health-care healers (29.6%), wound healers (11.2%), and general healers(9.6%). The recorded uses of A. sekukuniensis include the enhancement of fontanelle closure in an infant (24.8%),convulsions in an infant (22.4%), vaccinating epilepsy in an infant (17.6%), unhealed or cancer-related wounds(15.2%), genital wounds (12.0%), and boils (8.0%). Asparagus sekukuniensis appeared to be an important herbalmedicine against infant ailments, wounds, infections, and infestations. These findings, therefore, call for an evaluationof the phytochemical and pharmacological properties of this species.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Botany, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRamarumo Luambo Jeffrey, Maroyi Alfred, Tshisikhawe Milingoni Peter. Asparagus sekukuniensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.: A threatened medicinal plant species used by Vhavenda in the Soutpansberg Region, Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2019 Jun; 2019 Jun: 080-085en_US
dc.identifier.issn2231-3354
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/210390
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherOpen Science Publishers LLPen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume9en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org//10.7324/JAPS.2019.90611en_US
dc.subjectAsparagus sekukuniensisen_US
dc.subjectethnomedicinal usesen_US
dc.subjectSoutpansberg Regionen_US
dc.subjectthreatened plant speciesen_US
dc.subjectVhavenḓa peopleen_US
dc.subjectVhembe Biosphere Reserveen_US
dc.titleAsparagus sekukuniensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.: A threatened medicinal plant species used by Vhavenda in the Soutpansberg Region, Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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