Ethnobotanical profile of medicinal plants used by people of North-eastern Morocco:Cross-cultural and Historical approach (Part I)

Background: Northeastern Morocco is characterized by a wide range of plants. However, the list of medicinal herbs used in this area has not been identified completely. This work aims to give an exhaustive compendium of medicinal plants used by people in this region. We then compare the plants listed with others documented in some ethnobotanical studies conducted through Morocco, as well as with Ibn Al Baytar’s compendium.Methods: A survey was carried out in North-eastern Morocco between 2015 and 2017, including 931 informants (887 ordinary inhabitants and 44 herbalists). An ethno-guided approach based on semi-structured interviews was used. Data obtained was analyzed through the Number of Citations (NC), Use Value (UV), Family Use-Value (FUV), Informant Consensus Factor (ICF), and Jaccard similarity…