Ethnobotanical knowledge of home garden plant species and its effect on home garden plant diversity in Thies region of Senegal

Home gardens are the first source of immediate contact between people and plants since the gardens are within homesteads. The objective of this study is to evaluate the ethnobotanical knowledge associated to home garden plants and its effect on plant diversity conservation in home gardens. The results of this study expresses home gardens as diversified agroecosystems for sustainable biodiversity conservation of useful plant species.