title: Comprehensive dataset of the medicinal plants used by a Tashelhit speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco.
abstract: This dataset describes medicinal plants used in a poorly studied area of Morocco: the High Atlas mountains, inhabited by Ishelhin people, the southern Moroccan Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group, "An ethnomedicinal survey of a Tashelhit-speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco" (Teixidor-Toneu et al., 2016) [1]. It includes a comprehensive list of the plants used in the commune, as well as details on the plant voucher specimens collected and a glossary of Tashelhit terminology relevant to the study. To collect the data, semi-structured and structured interviews were carried out, as well as focus group discussions. Free prior informed consent was obtained for all interactions. A hundred and six adults were interviewed and 2084 use reports were collected; a hundred fifty-one vernacular names corresponding to 159 botanical species were found.
authors.affiliation: Section of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Harborne Building, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AS, UK.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Teixidor-Toneu
authors.affiliation: Global Diversity Foundation, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Regional Herbarium MARK, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, PO Box 2390, Marrakech 40001, Morocco.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouhammou
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biocultural Diversity, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.
authors.forename: Rajindra K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.affiliation: Section of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Harborne Building, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AS, UK.
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hawkins
keywords: Berber; Ethnomedicine; Medicinal plants; Tashelhit; Traditional knowledge