This work features the results of an ethnobotanical study on the uses of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of the region near to the Kutukú Scientific Station of Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, located in the Morona-Santiago province, southeast of Ecuador. In the surroundings of the station, one ethnic group, the Shuar, has been identified. The survey hereafter reports a total of 131 plant species, with 73 different therapeutic uses.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198176PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9105746DOI Listing

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