Ethnobotany: It takes time to discover medicinal plants

A new study shows that medicinal plant diversity correlates with time since human arrival in a certain region but not with language diversity, which is used as a proxy for cultural diversity.

Authors

Hanno Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7231-3987)

Institutions

Technical University of Munich (DE)

Publication Details

Journal: Current Biology
Published: 2025-12-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.10.035
Primary Topic: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
Type: article
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Ethnobotany: It takes time to discover medicinal plants

Hanno Schaefer

Dec 1, 2025

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Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

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Ethnobotany: It takes time to discover medicinal plants

Hanno Schaefer

December 1, 2025article en

Abstract

A new study shows that medicinal plant diversity correlates with time since human arrival in a certain region but not with language diversity, which is used as a proxy for cultural diversity.

Current BiologyVol. 35(23)

Technical University of Munich (DE)

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Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

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