Astonishing diversity—the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia

• Published in: Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 43
• Main Authors: Bussmann, Rainer W., Paniagua Zambrana, Narel Y., Romero, Carolina, Hart, Robbie E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 20.06.2018; BMC
• Subjects: Botany; Colombia; Ethics; Flowers & plants; Globalization; Herbal medicine; Interviews; inventories; Inventory; Markets; Medicinal plants; medicinal properties; Mental health; Metropolitan areas; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Nervous system; Plant diversity; Plant species; provenance; Species composition; Species diversity; Studies; Colombia; Bogota Colombia; Medicinal plants; Colombia; Markets; Globalization

Despite the importance of local markets as a source of medicinal plants in Colombia, comparatively little comparative research reports on the pharmacopoeiae sold. This stands in contrast to wealth of available information for other components of plant use in Colombia and other countries. The present...