Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4520846 South African Journal of Botany 2013 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
►≈2062 plant species (10% of SA's flora) are used for traditional medicine. ► 32% of the species were recorded in traditional medicine markets. ► 4% of medicinal species threatened (incl. 14 Critically Endangered species) according the 2009 IUCN Red List evaluation of SA flora ► 88% of species Least Concern ► 2.6% at risk of extinction if current harvesting trends continue.
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