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Principles Of Ethrobotany Question Paper

Principles Of Ethrobotany 

Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

ENS 312:
PRINCIPLES OF ETHROBOTANY

DATE: Monday, 6th April, 2009


TIME: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other THREE.
1.
a)
Explain the following terms:-
i)
Indigenous knowledge
ii)
Ethnorelativism
iii)
Ectic categories
iv)
Compliment
v)
Ethnobotany
(15 marks)

b)
Briefly explain the significance of ethnobotany as a subject area.










(10 marks)
2.
a)
State the benefits of ethnobotanical research to the local communities.
(7 marks)
b)
Describe the local people perspective of foreign ethnobotanical researcher.
(8 marks)



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3.
Describe the procedure you would follow to generate adequate and relevant
information for a long-term ethnobotanical study.

(15 marks)

4.
Discuss the strategies you can prescribe to ensure sustainable utilization of plants
for
medicinal
use.
(15
marks)

5.
Discuss complementary herbal medicine and its potential to national development
in
Kenya.

(15
marks)




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