Medicinal plants used by the Hre community in the Ba to district of central Vietnam

Ethnobotanical studies on traditional medicinal plants were conducted in Ba To district and documented different types of traditional medicinal plants used by the indigenous peoples. The study was focused on identifying medicinal plants, distribution, disease treated, part of the plant used, and methods of preparation... A total 45 species of medicinal plants (belonging to 26 families) were collected. Of them, 2 species of medicinal plants were found in the Red List medicines Vietnam, 6 species were assumed as precious ones, according to local knowledge of the people. Medicinal plants are mined primarily from nature (84.44 %). Based on indigenous knowledge, such plants expressed to treat 12 different diseases, the most medicinal plants used to treat osteoarthritis, kidney, endocrine and liver. Keyword: Ba to district, Diversity of medicinal plants, ethno botany, Hre Ethnic, Traditional knowledge.