title: The Botanic Mission to Mozambique (1942-1948): contributions to knowledge of the medicinal flora of Mozambique.
abstract: This article reviews the historical and scientific findings of the Botanic Mission to Mozambique (1942-1948) under the Tropical Botanic Garden of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, in Lisbon, highlighting the collectors' field notes with the aim of identifying the traditional medicinal uses of Mozambican flora. Having collated information on 71 taxa (70 species and one genus), the medicinal usage of 34 species presumably not yet reported in Mozambique was identified, including five whose therapeutic use still had not yet been described in the African continent. Overall, 58 uses presumably not yet reported in Mozambique were recorded.
authors: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropica.
authors: Patrícia
authors: P
authors: Conde
authors: IICT, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos.
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Figueira
authors: IICT.
authors: Susana
authors: S
authors: Saraiva
authors: IICT, Cibio.
authors: Luís
authors: L
authors: Catarino
authors: IICT, Centro de Biodiversidade, Genómica Funcional e Integrativa, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Romeiras
authors: IICT, Cibio.
authors: Maria Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Duarte
mesh_terms: D001901:Botany / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000266:history*; D009073:Mozambique; D010946:Plants, Medicinal