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Surveys conducted in a number of African countries, particularly in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Botswana reveal the existence of thriving businesses based on the sale and utilization of unprocessed and semi-processed plant parts1. These businesses are generally located in traditional markets, in bus and railway terminals, near churches, mosques, etc. A number of these plants have become endangered because they are utilized in a non-sustainable fashion. The three most important features that contribute to this danger are: first, the plants are not cultivated and thus have to be collected from the wild; second, the underground parts are required and hence collection means total uprooting and, thirdly the rate of utilization of these plants is higher than their natural regeneration process.
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Abegaz, B.M., Mutanyatta, J. (2002). Bioactive Compounds from Some Endangered Plants of Africa. In: Şener, B. (eds) Biodiversity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9242-0_8
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