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ResearchJournal article25 February 2026

An ethnopharmacological assessment of medicinal plants in Malanje Municipality, Angola

Agostinho António Barroso, André Alberto Martins, Agostinho Morais, Peterson Carlos Foguete Katenda, Madalena Feca Jamba, Mateus Ferreira Alfredo Gonçalves, Mateus André Sebastião, Bernardo Nicodemo Chimbuco, Yanelis Saucedo Hernández, Dany Siverio Mota, Venancio Ribalta Ribalta, Amandio Gomes, Enoel Hernándes Barreto, Eduardo Ekundi-Valentim

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Builds an ethnopharmacological baseline for Malanje Municipality in north-central Angola from interviews with 20 traditional healers between 2018 and 2023, recording 272 ethnospecies, 78 of them identified to species. Cannabis sativa, called liamba (a Portuguese name), is an introduced herb of cropland in the inventory; a leaf decoction is given orally, rectally or sublingually for conditions including psychosis, asthma, cough, bronchitis, nausea, vomiting, measles and tuberculosis. It is a dated field attestation of the name liamba in Angola.

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DOI10.3389/fphar.2025.1702353

CountryAngola

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2026-02-25 2026-10-15 An ethnopharmacological assessment of medicinal plants in Malanje Municipality, Angola Journal article Culture Agostinho António Barroso, André Alberto Martins, Agostinho Morais, Peterson Carlos Foguete Katenda, Madalena Feca Jamba, Mateus Ferreira Alfredo Gonçalves, Mateus André Sebastião, Bernardo Nicodemo Chimbuco, Yanelis Saucedo Hernández, Dany Siverio Mota, Venancio Ribalta Ribalta, Amandio Gomes, Enoel Hernándes Barreto, Eduardo Ekundi-Valentim Frontiers in Pharmacology 2026 10.3389/fphar.2025.1702353 https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2025.1702353 https://public-pages-files-2025.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2025.1702353/pdf Builds an ethnopharmacological baseline for Malanje Municipality in north-central Angola from interviews with 20 traditional healers between 2018 and 2023, recording 272 ethnospecies, 78 of them identified to species. Cannabis sativa, called liamba (a Portuguese name), is an introduced herb of cropland in the inventory; a leaf decoction is given orally, rectally or sublingually for conditions including psychosis, asthma, cough, bronchitis, nausea, vomiting, measles and tuberculosis. It is a dated field attestation of the name liamba in Angola. Angola