GREEN GOLD: LOOKING BACK FOR A HEALTHIER AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – AN OVERVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MEDICINAL PLANT RESOURCES (PART 1)
-Dr Gary Stafford This article is the first of a two-part series by Dr Gary Stafford on South Africa’s medicinal plant resources. “The extraordinary floristic diversity in southern Africa is not only one of the region’s greatest natural assets, but also one of the botanical wonders of the world.” Regions of floristic endemism in southern Africa: a review with emphasis on succulents (Van Wyk and Smith, 2001). Dr Gary Stafford was born in Harare, Zimbabwe and studied botany and ethnobotany (the scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and…read more