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Traditional food taboos and practices during pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and infant care of Zulu women in northern KwaZulu-Natal
Traditional practices and beliefs influence and support the behavior of women during pregnancy and childbirth in different parts of the world. Not much research has been conducted to examine whether and how cu... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - March 20, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Mmbulaheni Ramulondi, Helene de Wet and Nontuthuko Rosemary Ntuli Tags: Research Source Type: research

Farmers ’ perceptions of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production constraints, preferred traits and farming systems and their implications on bean breeding: a case study from South East Lowveld region of Zimbabwe
Navy bean is an important legume crop in Zimbabwe. Although its production in Zimbabwe is limited by multiple constraints including biotic, abiotic and socio-economic, there is no documented evidence. Thus, th... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - March 12, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Bruce Mutari, Julia Sibiya, Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Kennedy Simango and Edmore Gasura Tags: Research Source Type: research

Just beautiful green herbs: use of plants in cultural practices in Bukovina and Roztochya, Western Ukraine
The use of plants in rituals is a little explored corner of biocultural diversity which has developed through time within a complex socio-ecological system. Indeed, rituals are complex interactions between hum... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - March 4, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: N. Stryamets, M. F. Fontefrancesco, G. Mattalia, J. Prakofjewa, A. Pieroni, R. Kalle, G. Stryamets and R. S õukand Tags: Research Source Type: research

Distribution and utilization of homestead windbreak Fukugi (Garcinia subelliptica Merr.) trees: an ethnobotanical approach
Garcinia subelliptica (Fukugi in Japanese) is an evergreen tropical tree, first identified in Batanes, the Philippines, which has been planted as a homestead windbreak and in coastal forests extensively on the Ry... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - February 22, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Bixia Chen and Hikaru Akamine Tags: Research Source Type: research

Traditional knowledge and practice of the Triassic variegated clay from Silesia (Krasiej ów), Poland, in human medicine
Krasiej ów clay (in German: Krascheow) became famous following the discovery of numerous fossilised bones of Upper Triassic amphibians and reptiles, which have been extracted from clay deposits since the 1980s.... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - February 17, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Izabela Spielvogel, Krzysztof Spa łek, Krzysztof Badora and Jarosław Proćków Tags: Research Source Type: research

Correction to: Ethnobotanical characterization of medicinal plants used in Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo-Central Province in DR Congo
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - February 5, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Kibungu Kembelo Pathy, Nzuki Bakwaye Flavien, Belesi Katula Honor é, Wouter Vanhove and Patrick Van Damme Tags: Correction Source Type: research

What ’s in a name? Revisiting medicinal and religious plants at an Amazonian market
In spite of an increasing number of ethnobotanical market surveys in the past decades, few studies compare changes in plant species trade over time. The open-air market Ver-o-Peso (VOP) in Bel ém, located near ... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - February 5, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Isabela Pombo Geertsma, Mariana Fran çozo, Tinde van Andel and Mireia Alcántara Rodríguez Tags: Research Source Type: research

Actualized inventory of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca is one of the most diverse states in Mexico from biological and cultural points of view. Different ethnic groups living there maintain deep and ancestral traditional knowledge of medicinal plants as wel... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - January 28, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cruz-P érez Alejandra Lucía, Barrera-Ramos Jacqueline, Bernal-Ramírez Luis Alberto, Bravo-Avilez David and Rendón-Aguilar Beatriz Tags: Review Source Type: research

Wild food plants and fungi sold in the markets of Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
Open air markets hold an important position for ethnobiologists. In Southeast Asia, they are seriously understudied, in spite of their incredible biocultural diversity. In order to fill this gap we recorded pl... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - January 26, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Łukasz Łuczaj, Vichith Lamxay, Khamphart Tongchan, Kosonh Xayphakatsa, Kongchay Phimmakong, Somphavanh Radavanh, Villapone Kanyasone, Marcin Pietras and Małgorzata Karbarz Tags: Research Source Type: research

What interferes with conducting free lists? A comparative ethnobotanical experiment
The free list, also written “freelist”, or “free recall”, is an ethnographic method that characterizes the local knowledge of a population about a given cultural domain. However, there is still much to elucida... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - January 23, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Melise Pess ôa Araujo Meireles, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque and Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros Tags: Research Source Type: research

Ethnobotanical characterization of medicinal plants used in Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo-Central Province in DR Congo
The phytotherapeutic knowledge of the Kongo people in the territories of Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu in Kongo-Central Province (DR Congo) is rapidly eroding. To document the remaining knowledge, we conducted an ... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - January 23, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Kibungu Kembelo Pathy, Nzuki Bakwaye Flavien, Belesi Katula Honor é, Wouter Vanhove and Van Damme Patrick Tags: Research Source Type: research

Ethnoecology of miriti (Mauritia flexuosa, L.f.) fruit extraction in the Brazilian Amazon: knowledge and practices of riverine peoples contribute to the biodiversity conservation
This article presents, from an ethnoecological perspective, the worldviews, traditional knowledge, and cultural practices of Amazonian riverine people involved in the extraction of miriti fruits (Mauritia flexuos... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - January 7, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Fl ávio Bezerra Barros, Fagner Freires de Sousa, Josiele Pantoja de Andrade, Fabrício Menezes Ramos and Camila Vieira-da-Silva Tags: Research Source Type: research

Participatory analysis of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cropping system and production constraints in Burkina Faso
Groundnut is one of the major legume crops grown as food and cash crop across the different agroecological zones of Burkina Faso. It is ranked the 2nd important legume crop for household food, nutrition, and i... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - January 4, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Boubacar Sinare, Amos Miningou, Baloua Nebi é, John Eleblu, Ofori Kwadwo, Appolinaire Traoré, Bertin Zagre and Haile Desmae Tags: Research Source Type: research

Indigenous biosystematics of yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Southwest Ethiopia: folk taxonomy, ethnolinguistic analysis, and folk descriptors
In Southwest Ethiopia, various plant species are coexisting in wild and cultivated forms. This provides an ideal setting for studying folk biosystematics of neglected species. One of such species is the Dioscorea (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - January 2, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tsegaye Babege Worojie, Bizuayehu Tesfaye Asfaw and Wendawek Abebe Mengesha Tags: Research Source Type: research

Taming the pandemic? The importance of homemade plant-based foods and beverages as community responses to COVID-19
Household responses to COVID-19 in different corners of the world represent the primary health care that communities have relied on for preventing and mitigating symptoms. During a very complex and confusing t... (Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - December 9, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Andrea Pieroni, Ina Vandebroek, Julia Prakofjewa, Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Alfred Maroyi, Luisa Torri, Dauro M. Zocchi, Ashley T. K. Dam, Shujaul M. Khan, Habib Ahmad, Yeter Ye şil, Ryan Huish, Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Andrei Moc Tags: Editorial Source Type: research