Indigenous knowledge proves key in a study of plants gorillas use to self-medicate

Mongabay
Oct 3, 2024, 5:15 pm922 ptsInteresting
For the Indigenous Vungu people living along the border of Gabon’s Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, the forest here has long been a source of traditional medicines. So when researchers set out to determine the bioactive properties of plants consumed by the park’s western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla…

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