Malagasy people have been using Madagascar’s unique native plants for food, medicine and handcrafts for thousands of years. Their knowledge of these plants is encyclopaedic and many Malagasy feed ...

Beyond mining, Madagascar’s biodiversity supports a growing natural products industry, from essential oils to medicinal plants. This sector attracts investment from pharmaceutical and cosmetic ...

Here are seven medicinal plant species that have proved their worth in gold and may well have more to give to the future of ...

These drugs, discovered decades ago, continue to save lives today, but more recent research has led to the development of ...