Alor's Healing Plants: A Treasure Trove of Medical Knowledge and Oral Tradition

Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO

doi:10.64628/AAN.5cakxrj66

Alor's Healing Plants: A Treasure Trove of Medical Knowledge and Oral Tradition

Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Applied Linguistics

Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

Abstract

The article shows how Language Documentation can intersect with the Health Humanities (and even Applied Medicine), through interdisciplinary studies on medicinal plants and traditional medical wisdom, which associate Field Linguistics with Cultural Anthropology, Ethnobotany, and Medical Ethnolinguistics.

Original language	English
Type	Article for 'The Conversation Indonesia'
Media of output	Online Magazine
Publisher	The Conversation Trust (UK)
Number of pages	1
Place of Publication	Jakarta, Indonesia
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.64628/AAN.5cakxrj66
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2026

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Name	Education & Culture
Publisher	The Conversation Indonesia
No.	272824
ISSN (Electronic)	2774-681X

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Language Documentation
Medical Humanities
Field Linguistics
Health Humanities
Medical Ethnolinguistics

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