Medicinal Plants: General Overview of Medicinal Plants in Ethiopia
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In Ethiopia, Medicinal Plants have played a crucial role and should be used as a source of food for humans, preserving food and animal products, clothing, shelter, Flavours, and fragrances, as well as other essential items for earning economic benefits. This review aimed to utilise medicinal plant treatments to address human and animal problems. The use of medicinal plants for human and animal treatments has been practised from time immemorial. Generally, medicinal plants play a crucial role in traditional medicine and are significant in livestock and the health care of the majority of people in Ethiopia. The major threats to medicinal plants include habitat destruction, urbanisation, agricultural expansion, deforestation, invasive alien species, population Growth, road construction, and investment. As a result, Medicinal plants are declining and being lost due to their reduced abundance and distribution. Therefore, restoring these medicinal plants requires developing various methods through collaboration with stakeholders and employing farmer participatory research-based conservation mechanisms, which will help solve some of the problems. Pertinent to the loss of medicinal plants and their habitats, for documenting medicinal plants. The article emphasises a general overview of plant treatment for either animals or humans.
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