Population Structure and Regeneration Status of Most Abundant Medicinal Woody Plants in Mabira Central Forest Reserve Management Zones

Charles Tumuhe,Sandra Manana,Rogers Mwine

doi:10.24051/eee/84900

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Uptake and utilization of medicinal plants is on the raise globally according to Asiimwe et al, (2014), Joshi A R. and Joshi K, (2000), Kamatenesi-Mugisha and Oryem-Origa H, (2005), and WHO, (2013)
In the rural areas 90% of the people in Uganda almost entirely use plants for their medicinal uses according to Kamatenesi and Oryem (2007) and Kakudidi, (2000), Uganda has up-scaled the use of herbal medicine (WHO, 2013 and Uganda Gazette No.7) and is having
The increased uptake of herbal medicine is a threat to the abundance and health of medicinal woody and non-woody plant tree species

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Uptake and utilization of medicinal plants is on the raise globally according to Asiimwe et al, (2014), Joshi A R. and Joshi K, (2000), Kamatenesi-Mugisha and Oryem-Origa H, (2005), and WHO, (2013). The most commonly used plant species by communities around Mabira for medicinal purposes in Mabira central forest reserve include; Warbugia ugandensis, Prunus Africana, Piptadeniastrum africana, Eryrina abyssinica and Albizia coriaria. The unsustainable exploitation results in the loss of herbal medicine sources This is a threat to the abundance and health of medicinal woody and non-woody plant tree species. There is dearth of information on population structure and regeneration status of medicinal tree plants in Mabira central Forest Reserve in Uganda. Such information is important for designing its conservation programs of the woody medicinal tree species in the CFR.

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