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| Assessment of Medicinal Importance and Application of Wild Edible Vegetables in Ikom Ethnic Group of Cross River State
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Cole, Alice Temitope, Omole, Folasade Oyindamola, Lawal , Ibraheem Kehinde, Adedunmola, Paulina Blessing, Olasunkanmi, Busayo Tomi, Odunayo James Olowoyeye
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Abstract:
The assessment of Ikom people on wild edible vegetables (WEVs) was undertaken by interviews utilizing a semi-structured questionnaire matrix in the four local governments of Cross River State. Focused, conversational, and two-way interviews were conducted. Each of the detected WEVs' therapeutic value was also determined. Despite the fact that the majority of the respondents were females over the age of 25, illiterates, of low socioeconomic position, and engaged in agricultural activities, these socioeconomic classifications were not prerequisites to their awareness of the WEVs. In the study area, a total of 20 WEVs from 17 families were appreciated for medicine and nutrition, with the Asteraceae family having the most species. The leaves were the most common component in the WEVs discovered. The diseases that these WEVs controlled and/or avoided were identified. It was determined that the WEVs must be sustainable in order to enhance the dietary and health conditions of the indigenous peoples in the study area
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