Plants for life: - Sacred Seeds Sanctuary
Plants for life: - Sacred Seeds Sanctuary
Plants for life: - Sacred Seeds Sanctuary
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China:• Medicinal <strong>Plants</strong> in China: List of 150 commonly usedspeciesSource: World Health Organisationhttp://www.wpro.who.int/internet/files/pub/69/toc.pdf• Herbal Pharmacology of the People’s Republic of China (243)Source: The Southwest School of Botanical Medicinehttp://www.swsbm.com/Ephemera/China_herbs.pdfSouth America:• Amazon Medicinal <strong>Plants</strong> (233)Source: http://www.rain-tree.com/plistbot.htm (Tropical PlantDatabase)• Important medicinal plants in Bolivia (8)Source: http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Herbal/lunny22.htm• TRAFFIC priority species (2)Source: http://www.traffic.org/dispatches/archives/september98/medicinal-projects.html• 10 South American plants screened <strong>for</strong> anti-viral properties (10)Source: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgibin/abstract/55001305/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0• Iracambi medicinal plants project in Minas Gerais (Brazil)and the international standard <strong>for</strong> sustainable wild collectionof medicinal and aromatic plants (ISSC-MAP). (12)Source: Gullia and Franz, IUCN/SSC MPSGNewsletter Vol. 11.General:• Medicinal and Aromatic <strong>Plants</strong> included in the CITESAppendices (229)Source: Schippman, U. (2001) Significant Trade study• IUCN species where main threat is over-harvesting <strong>for</strong>medicinal use (26)Source: IUCN• <strong>Plants</strong> <strong>for</strong> a Future Database of Medicinal plants (7,500)Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/database/latinA.html32<strong>Plants</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>life</strong>: Medicinal plant conservation and botanic gardens