Useful plants and tradition for pregnancy, child delivery and for post-partum care used by people living around Analavelona forest in South west Madagascar
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listing and semi-structured interviews were undertaken in order to get a list
of plant used during pregnancy, child delivery and post-partum care in Sakaraha
district, South-western Madagascar. Use of Anthropac and XLstat software were
performed for plant lists analysis. One hundred twelve plant species belonging
to 90 genera and 46 families are cited as useful for the care of women during
pregnancy period, childbirth and post-partum. Those species are mentioned by
46% of the 259 informants interviewed. Jatropha curcas L., Cedrelopsis
grevei Baill., Ficus brachyclada Baker, Flacourtia ramontchi
L'Hér. and Henonia scoparia Moq are the most used plant species as they
are cited by more than 30 informants. Women from our site study are entirely
dependent on plants during pregnancy, child delivery and post-partum period.
This study will contribute to preventing loss of traditional knowledge from the
southern part of Madagascar.</span