Towards conservation of Nigerian medicinal plants
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The scientific world today, seems to have gone indigenous, searching the grassroots for potential
plants and animals that could confer solutions to problems that have puzzled mankind, to search for
newer and more potent drugs and perhaps even to develop vaccines against diseases plaguing the
nation. Whatever it may be, it is not farfetched to say that indigenous knowledge is now the “in-thing”.
Africa is naturally endowed with the richness of diverse and mostly un-investigated flora and fauna, and
this has placed this continent on priority for indigenous investigations. Nigeria is one of such nations,
showing a growing boom of indigenous based research especially in the use of medicinal plants.
However, it is interesting to note that over the years, great efforts have been put in place for the
conservation of its diverse fauna, thus overshadowing the relevance of plant conservation, especially
the medicinal plants. This paper aims at highlighting the importance of adopting proactive measure
through education and local communities’ participation in order to conserve the medicinal plant wealth
in Nigeria.
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QK Botany