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    Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Jordan, the Tafila Region

    Abeer Abdelhalim1★, Talal Aburjai2, Jane Hanrahan3, Heba Abdel-Halim4★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawarrah, Saudi Arabia.
    2. 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
    3. 3Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
    4. 4Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan.

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    Abeer Abdelhalim

    Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawarrah, Saudi Arabia.

    abeerb@ymail.com

    Received: 21-06-2016; Revised: 20-09-2016; Accepted: 07-04-2017.

    Volume 13, Issue 49s · pp. 95–101 · PUBLISHED 7 April 2017 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.203975

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    Background: The reporting of the medicinal plants and their traditional uses is important in order to prevent this knowledge from being lost. The aims of this study were to collect information concerning the traditional use of medicinal plants in the region of Tafila; identify the most important medicinal plants; determine the relative importance of the species surveyed; and calculate the informant consensus factor (Fic) in relation to medicinal plant use. Materials and Methods: Data on the traditional medicinal uses of local plants were collected using qualitative tools. The informant consensus factor (Fic) for the category of aliments and the use value (UV) of the plant species were calculated. Results and Conclusions: The survey revealed that 41 plant species are still in use in Tafila for the treatments of various diseases. Problems of the digestive system had the highest Fic values, while Allium cepa L. and Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch. Bip. scored the highest UV.

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      Abdelhalim, A., Aburjai, T., Hanrahan, J., & Abdel-Halim, H. (2017). Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Jordan, the Tafila Region. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 13(49s), 95–101. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1296.203975