Medicinal potential of African plants (Togo)

Occurrence
Latest version published by Université de Lomé on May 25, 2018 Université de Lomé
Publication date:
25 May 2018
Published by:
Université de Lomé
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset was extracted on the multilingual dictionary of medicinal plants that lists nearly 1,000 plants identified by their scientific name, scientific synonyms with medicinal indications in about 150 local languages (often linguistic groups) from eight West African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 374 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Radji R (2017): Medicinal potential of African plants (Togo). v1.7. Université de Lomé. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-togo.gbif.fr/resource?r=potentiel&v=1.7

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Université de Lomé. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b971493e-dfe2-4945-b9e0-f41ebd6060b2.  Université de Lomé publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Togo.

Keywords

Occurrence; ethnobotany; West Africa; plants used; Togo; Observation

Contacts

Raoufou Radji
  • Point Of Contact
CHERCHEUR
GBIF Togo - University of Lomé
255 rue des Troènes Hédzranawé non loin de Ecole Privée FOADEY
06BP 6135 Lomé
Région Maritime
TG
+22890045114
Koudjo AKPENE
  • Metadata Provider
  • User
IT GBIF Togo
UNVERSITE DE LOME
01bp 1515 lome1
01bp:1515 Lome
Maritim
TG
+22890038866
Raoufou Radji
  • Point Of Contact
Node Manager, Herbarium Curator
GBIF Togo - University of Lomé
255 rue des Troènes Hédzranawé non loin de Ecole Privée FOADEY
06BP 6135 Lomé
Région Maritime
TG
+22890045114

Geographic Coverage

Its from eight West Africa countries : Bénin,Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinée, Mali, Niger, Sénégal and Togo.

Bounding Coordinates South West [2.109, -16.523], North East [23.403, 19.248]

Taxonomic Coverage

This incomplete dataset is conceived as a reading guide complementary to the ethnobotanical studies of which it present a non-exhaustive overview in the bibliographical references, in order to make the consultation more accessible, even to the general public. It is intended above all to be a synthesis tool to become a tool of dialogue between the various actors of health.

Kingdom Plantae (Plantes médicinales)

Project Data

This dataset allows access to information by different entries that refer to scientific names and African names. The language and country are indicated.

Title Medicinal potential of African plants (Togo)
Identifier BID-AF2015-0004-NAC
Funding This dataset is publishing thanks to BID program funded by European Union and GBIF.
Design Description It is intended above all to be a synthesis tool to become a tool of dialogue between the various actors of health.

The personnel involved in the project:

Jeanne Dzaka
  • Metadata Provider
R. Eklu-Natey
  • Principal Investigator
A. Baley
  • Principal Investigator

Sampling Methods

This dataset comes from the collection of data in the literature (flora of the countries concerned) and in the botanical databases available for free access on the Internet

Study Extent The data collection covers all of the following countries: Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Quality Control Spelling of scientific names is consistent with the names accepted and available on ipni.org; theplantlist.org et http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/ recherche.php?langue=en

Method step description:

  1. This dataset is an extract from a book that is an open door to the comparison between flora and traditional herbal medicine from other regions in order to discover the convergences and divergences in the use of the same plant by different populations. In addition to intellectual enrichment, this can be a way of choosing the species to be cultivated for utilitarian purposes.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers b971493e-dfe2-4945-b9e0-f41ebd6060b2
http://ipt-togo.gbif.fr/resource?r=potentiel