Madagascar’s extraordinary medicinal plants, prized for their unique properties and used in life-saving cancer drugs and health products, are being harvested in unregulated quantities for local and ...

Madagascar is famed for its rich biodiversity and host of cast away creatures. Evolving in isolation from the rest of the world, the plants and animals found here are among the most unique on ...

This research was conducted to provide a comprehensive understanding of the wild harvest and trade dynamics of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) in Madagascar, and to highlight the legislative and ...

A new and unique plant genus, or classification, has been given for the single species called the Tahina spectabilis palm found in Madagascar. It has been placed on the red list by the ...

It's a derivative of artemisinin found in the artemisia plant ... an indigenous plant of the laurel family. Madagascar also started producing capsules and a solution that can be injected, on ...

In a recent paper we summarized the extent of Madagascar's extraordinary concentration of biodiversity with thousands of species of plants, animals and fungi. The project was led by Hélène ...