Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean

Rosa, Alfonso La; Cornara, Laura; Saitta, Alessandro; Salam, Akram M.; Grammatico, Santo; Caputo, Marco; Mantia, Tommaso La; Quave, Cassandra L.

doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00470-z

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“…Fourteen WEMs are utilized in the present study. These results are in accordance with Isaan Province of Thailand [ 47 ], Yunnan, China [ 48 , 49 ], Tibet, China [ 50 ], Aegadian Islands [ 51 ], and Armenia [ 52 ]. However, the number of WEM is less as compared to 41 WEM reported from Bhaderwah [ 11 ], and 33 [ 35 ] and 35 species [ 34 ] from Kashmir regions of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.…”

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Ethnomycological study of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms in district Jammu, J&K (UT), India

Sharma

Hashmi

et al. 2022

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has a rich tradition of usage of wild edible mushrooms (WEMs) for culinary and medicinal purposes. But very few studies, restricted to some regions of the Union Territory, have been conducted to enlist the WEM. District Jammu has never been explored for WEM. Moreover, the quantification of the traditional knowledge of WEM has not been carried out as yet in J&K. Therefore, the present study was conducted in the Jammu district with the aims of enlisting the WEM and its usage, finding the most used WEM, and enumerating the consensus of usage for a species and associated knowledge. Methods A total of 192 informants between the age of 25 and 87 years were interviewed. The collected information was organized and arranged based on use reports for quantitative analysis. The cultural importance index (CI) and factor informant consensus (Fic) were calculated to estimate the cultural importance and to test homogeneity of information and knowledge sharing about WEM, respectively. Analysis of variance was used to evaluate the significance of differences in the usage of WEM among different informant categories. Results Results of the present study show that the locals were having knowledge of fourteen fleshy fungi that are mainly utilized for culinary purposes. They also stated various medicinal values of some of these fungi. Agaricaceae and Lyophyllaceae were the most used families, and Termitomyces (5 species) was the most represented genus. Based on CI values, Termitomyces sp. (CI 0.57) was the most important and diversely used species. Termitomyces heimii, Termitomyces clypeatus, and Termitomyces striatus var. annulatus were the other culturally important and frequently consumed species by the locals. More than 78.6% of these WEM were new records as culinary and medicinal for J&K (UT). The values of factor informant consensus (Fic) varied between 0.98 (culinary) and 0.76 (skin diseases). Females, elders, and informants who have not attended schools were having significantly (P < 0.05) higher information regarding WEM. Conclusion The inhabitants of district Jammu had good knowledge of WEM, but no documentation, lying of most of the information with elders and uneducated people, and destruction of forests and other natural habitats of WEM pose a serious threat of losing this valuable information in near future. An ardent need is to educate locals regarding regionally available WEM. Further studies are recommended for developing protocols of cultivation of these WEM so that their future availability is ascertained along with creating income resources for the local population.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Ethnomycological study of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms in district Jammu, J&K (UT), India

Sharma

Hashmi

et al. 2022

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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“…The FL index [ 30 ] indicates the percentage of vendors claiming the use of a certain medicinal plant for the same therapeutic use, which was grouped in a specific medical category [ 31 – 33 ]. The FL was calculated according to the following formula: FL (%) = (Ip × 100/Iu), where Ip is the number of market vendors who independently claim a therapeutic use of a medicinal plant species to treat a specific illness or disease and Iu is the total number of market vendors that sold the same medicinal plant to treat any given illness or disease.…”

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Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China

Liu

Zhang

Zhou

et al. 2021

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Marketplaces reflect not only the commerce of an area, but also its culture. In Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture with Kaili as its capital, Guizhou Province, China, traditional medicine is thriving in both rural and urban areas. The local people rely extensively on plants for traditional medicines, and these are commonly sold in local specialized markets. The Kaili medicinal market is the biggest in the prefecture. However, ethnobotanical study on herbal plants traded in the traditional market in Kaili has not been performed. The aims of this study are: (1) to document medicinal plants traded in the Kaili traditional market and the associated traditional knowledge; and (2) to analyze the level of agreement among vendors in the purported uses of medicinal plants by using informant consensus (FIC) and the fidelity level (FL). Methods Market surveys were conducted in 2014–2019 to collect information about medicinal plants and associated traditional knowledge. Information including vernacular names, preparation methods, and plant uses was obtained by interviewing 116 vendors of herbal plants. Specimens of fresh and dried herbs, collected as vouchers, were identified by the authors and other botanists at the Minzu University of China, and deposited in the herbarium at Minzu University of China. The level of agreement among information provided by different vendors was assessed using the FIC, and the percentage of vendors claiming the use of a certain medicinal plant for the same indication was assessed with the FL. Results The Miao people comprise 53.4% of all informants in this study of medicinal plants. In total, 237 medicinal plant species traded in the Kaili traditional market were recorded. They belong to 219 genera and 107 families. These plants have been categorized into their purported treatments for 20 medical conditions. The inflammation category showed the highest FIC value of 0.95, showing the best agreement among market vendors claiming its usefulness to treat this condition. The FL index helped to identify 15 culturally important medicinal plant species based on the reported uses by 20 or more vendors in the market. Three medicinal plant species, Eleutherococcus gracilistylus, Sargentodoxa cuneata, and Stephania cepharantha, had an FL > 90%, being used to treat sprains/traumas, rheumatism, and heat/toxins. Conclusions The medicinal plants sold in the Kaili market are highly diverse and have unique medicinal characteristics. The Miao people often use traditional herbal plants for disease prevention and thereby prioritize the use of medicinal plants in everyday life. The future of this medicinal marketplace, however, is uncertain since few young people (< 30 years old) are vendors or customers. Therefore, it is urgent to conserve traditional ethnomedicinal culture in local communities and pass on the associated traditional knowledge to future generations in this prefecture. And the next step should include further studies on FL > 90% plants’ chemistry, pharmacology, biological activity, and toxicity for potentially developing functional foods or pharmaceutical products.

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“…As highlighted in Table 1, none of the ethnobotanical investigations published until now has the Trentino-South Tyrol region as subject. [15] Sicilia 174 150 Vitalini et al, 2013 [16] Lombardia 66 100 Di Sanzo et al, 2013 [17] Basilicata 78 120 Tuttolomondo et al, 2014 [18] Sicilia 108 230 Cornara et al, 2014 [19] Liguria 120 52 Sansanelli et al, 2014 [20] Emilia-Romagna 66 39 Dei Cas et al, 2015 [21] Lombardia 126 92 Bellia et al, 2015 [22] Piemonte 90 47 [30] Aegadian Islands 122 48 Danna et al, 2022 [31] Aosta valley 217 68…”

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Walking around the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy): An Ethnobotanical Investigation

Cavalloro

Cuna

Quai

et al. 2022

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The Trentino-South Tyrol region is a special statute region of northeastern Italy. This territory is of particular interest for its morphology, flourishing vegetation, and history, having been a meeting area among different civilizations. Hence, Trentino is characterized by an ethnic plurality and a rich ethnobotanical knowledge, even if the available information is fragmentary, widely dispersed, and often guarded in oral popular culture. To fill this gap, in the present work 200 subjects were interviewed using an ethnobotanical survey. The resulting 817 citations referred to 64 native species, used either for human or animal health or for domestic purposes. As a second step, for each plant exploited for medicinal purposes, local importance was evaluated by calculating their relative frequency of citation. Moreover, the main traditional preparations were discussed. Among them, the most cited and exploited ones are Achillea millefolium, Arnica montana, Hypericum perforatum, Malva sylvestris, Pinus mugo, and Satureja montana, for which a deeper analysis has been performed. Lastly, the ethnobotanical knowledge of the plants growing in this territory will add a piece to the mosaic of traditional medicine in Italy and may lay the foundation for a nature-aided drug discovery process.

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Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean

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Ethnomycological study of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms in district Jammu, J&K (UT), India

Ethnomycological study of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms in district Jammu, J&K (UT), India

Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China

Walking around the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy): An Ethnobotanical Investigation

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