title: An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador.
abstract: This paper reports the results of an ethnobotanical survey on the uses of medicinal plants by inhabitants of two southern Ecuadorian provinces, namely, Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe. In this region, two surviving ethnic groups, the Saraguros and the Shuars, and the descendants of a now extinct culture, the Paltas, have been identified. The present study reports a total of 275 plant species, having 68 different therapeutical uses.
authors.affiliation: Planta de Productos Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tene
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Malagón
authors.forename: Paola Vita
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Finzi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidari
authors.forename: Chabaco
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Armijos
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zaragoza
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004484:Ecuador; D019448:Ethnobotany; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal