Fitoterapia. 2003 Jun; 74(4): 407-16.

Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used in the Bustillo Province of the Potosi Department, Bolivia.

Fernandez EC, Sandi YE, Kokoska L.

Department of Tropical and Subtropical Crops, Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, Czech University of Agriculture in Prague, Kamycka 129, Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.

A survey of medicinal plants used by rural communities in the Bustillo Province of the Potosi Department in Bolivia is reported in this article. Fifty-six plant species belonging to 24 families and 46 different genera were included. Their botanical and vernacular names, plant part used, popular medicinal use, forms of preparation and applications of the herbal remedies are given.