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Assessment of Indigenous Plants Used for Health Care Management in Ukum, Benue State, Nigeria

Indigenous plants for health care management are plants that are not exotic or introduced from another country but are native of the studied region and which are seen growing in an area and which are used for health care management from time immemorial for both treatment and prevention of diseases. However, the species, type, part of plant and diseases cured, its harvesting methods as well as the factors that influence the choice and use of indigenous plants for health care management are not documented in the study area, hence the present study is an attempt to fill the lacuna. A multi-stage …