A review of the ethnobotany of the Basotho of Lesotho and the Free State Province of South Africa (South Sotho)

Moteetee, A.; Moffett, Rodney; Seleteng‐Kose, Lerato

doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2017.12.012

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“…Similarly, a large proportion of the ethnobotanical surveys cited in our study also concentrate on Zulus and regions in Zulu areas. In contrast, a single book ( Moffett, 2010 ) and limited ethnobotanical surveys ( Kose et al, 2015 ; Moteetee et al, 2019 ) have focused specifically on southern Sotho ethnobotany.…”

Section: Viral Respiratory Diseases: a South African Contextmentioning

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The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations

Cock

Vuuren

2020

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Ethnopharmacological relevance Viral respiratory infections are amongst the most common infections globally, with most of the world's population contracting at least one infection annually. Numerous plant species are used in traditional southern African healing systems to treat these diseases and to alleviate the symptoms. Despite this, the therapeutic potential of these plants against viral respiratory diseases remains poorly explored. Aim of the study The aim of this study was to document the southern African plant species used in traditional medicine to treat viral respiratory infections. We also examined the extent of scientific evaluations of southern African plant species against the respiratory-infective viruses, with the aim of stimulating interest in this area and focusing on future studies. Materials and methods We undertook an extensive review of ethnobotanical books, reviews and primary scientific studies to identify southern African plants which are used in traditional southern African medicine to treat viral respiratory diseases. This information was used to identify gaps in the current research that require further study. Results Two hundred and fifty-seven southern African plant species were identified as traditional therapies for viral respiratory diseases. Surprisingly, only one of those species (as well as twenty-one other species not recorded for these purposes) has been evaluated for the ability to block respiratory virus production. Furthermore, most of these studies screened against a single viral strain and none of those studies examined the mechanism of action of the plant preparations. Conclusions Despite well documented records of the use of southern African plants to treat respiratory viral diseases, the field is poorly explored. Nearly all of the plant species used in traditional healing systems to treat these diseases are yet to be tested. Substantial further work is required to verify the efficacy of these traditional medicines.

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Section: Viral Respiratory Diseases: a South African Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations

Cock

Vuuren

2020

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…Of these, 291 (86%) are indigenous and 47 (14%) are naturalised exotics. Available data from the database of Arnold et al (2002) were the main source of information (where many additional references can be found), but data were added from other publications, including Dlamini (1981), Pooley (1993Pooley ( , 2005Pooley ( , 2013, Dold and Cocks (2000), Grace et al (2002), Von Ahlefeldt et al (2003), Leffers (2003), Moteetee and Van Wyk (2007), Van Wyk et al (2008a, 2008b, Mannheimer and Curtis 2009 Moteetee et al (2019). No detailed synthesis is yet available and ongoing ethnobotanical research is continuously showing new use-records and even new species records.…”

Section: Medicinal Usesmentioning

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The diversity and multiple uses of southern African legumes

Wyk

2019

Aust. Syst. Bot.

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Southern Africa has a rich legume flora comprising 133 indigenous genera and 1620 indigenous species, of which 1059 species (65%) are endemic to the flora of southern Africa region. An additional 128 non-indigenous species have become naturalised, of which 59 are invasive, resulting in 1748 species from 165 genera. There are 22 (17%) endemic genera, one endemic tribe (Hypocalyptieae) and one near-endemic tribe (Podalyrieae, with 122 of the 123 species endemic). The diversity of uses (given as total/indigenous spp.) include food and beverages (127/115 spp.), medicine (338/291 spp.), magic and charms (113/104 spp.), timber (59/55 spp.), firewood (43/31 spp.) and 10 more minor use categories. Regression analyses showed that the levels of endemism in subfamilies and tribes are directly related to the numbers of species but that the number of useful species is not related to species numbers, except for the non-papilionoid subfamilies (all uses) and non-genistoid papilionoids (medicinal uses only). The Phaseoleae and Millettieae showed high residual values in several analyses, indicating that they have been favoured in the selection of useful plants. Diversity in habit and chemistry seems to explain at least partly the use patterns.

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“…Doing this, it was believed, would make such women fertile. Elsewhere, it is indicated that lematlana was employed as a charm against lightning, to find lost items, or to use in conjunction with divining bones (Jacot Guillarmod, 1971; Moffett, 2010; Moteetee et al, 2019).…”

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Dwelling With Wildflowers: Qualitative Inquiry as Life-Living and Life-Giving

Kruger

2020

Qualitative Inquiry

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In this short piece, I reconsider qualitative inquiry based on my chance encounter with a buttonhole flower. This encounter offered me an opportunity to explore not only my relationship with vegetal life, but also how dwelling with wildflowers allows one to reconceptualize qualitative inquiry as a practice of life-living and live-giving that emerges from a logic of conviviality. Practicing qualitative inquiry as life-living and life-giving serves as a means to unmoor our practices of inquiry from the abstraction of re-presentation and the predicative logic on which this is based, and to offer instead a conceptualization of inquiry as a process of dwelling with/in the world, and in this togetherness, experience (the potential of) life.

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A review of the ethnobotany of the Basotho of Lesotho and the Free State Province of South Africa (South Sotho)

Cited by 53 publications

References 39 publications

The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations

The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations

The diversity and multiple uses of southern African legumes

Dwelling With Wildflowers: Qualitative Inquiry as Life-Living and Life-Giving

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