Eco-Conservation of Important African Herbs Tree for Culinary and Medicinal Purpose
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Herbs as spice and herbs has long time traditional history of use with stout roles in cultural folk medicine, cultural heritage, in appreciation of food and strong association to healthy living. The longings for herbs and spices is one of the greatest achievement in human progress which has played fundamental role in changing course of history, geography and in promoting international relations. Herbs hold a center pace in traditional (folk) medicine particularly in Africa. Africa is blessed with these natural resources and they have served various purposes such as stringent, acidifiers, alkalinizes, tonics, diaphoretics, diuretics, laxatives etc. Regrettably, these herbs are in danger of extinction occasion by anthropogenic activities such as urbanization, increasing population, and demand for fast profit, unholy agricultural practice and decaying human conscienceless through uncontrollable deforestation. This review directly looked at the medicinal and culinary important of Negro pepper/Grains of Selim (Xylopia aethiopica) and Prekese/Uyayak (Tetrapleura Tetraptera) tree; while condemning non-selective logging as the lead caused of deforestation; it also provides an approach to the conservation of these tree herbs in Africa to compliment in achieving good health and wellbeing; cut down Ozone layer depletion through climate change monitoring and conservation/protection of life on land which is capsulated in the United Nation (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 3, 13 and 15 respectively; a global policies target for the year 2030. This brief overview therefore recommended for traditional approach to herbs tree conservation.
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