Yeshi, Karma, and Wangchuk, Phurpa (2023) Bush Medicinal Plants of the Australian Wet Tropics and Their Biodiscovery Potential. In: Arunachalam, Karuppusamy, Yang, Xuefei, and Sasidharan, Sreeja Puthanpura, (eds.) Bioprospecting of Tropical Medicinal Plants. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 357-379.

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Abstract

The Wet Tropics bioregion is home to more than 2800 plant species, out of which more than 700 species (i.e., approximately 25%) are endemic to the area [2]. The “Wet Tropics” is significant not only from an ecological point of view but also for preserving important historical, cultural, and anthropogenic activities, including Aboriginal people’s vast knowledge about edible and medicinal plants [7].At present, about 20 Aboriginal communities comprising 120 clans speaking eight languages live in the “Wet Tropics” [7]. These Rainforest Aboriginal people have lived in harmony with nature for thousands of years and their knowledge in utilising plants for food, shelter, and medicine is commendable.This chapter highlights 30 medicinal plants that grow in the ‘Wet Tropics’ region. We identified only three medicinal plant species endemic to the Wet Tropics and Cape York region.

Item ID:	80264
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-3-031-28779-4
Keywords:	Aboriginal medicinal plants, Bioprospecting, Wet Tropics, Australia
Copyright Information:	© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2023 01:54
FoR Codes:	45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450411 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medicine and treatments @ 100%
SEO Codes:	28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies @ 100%
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