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HALIMA M. AMIR

Lecturer, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Education:

Ph.D. in Botany , University of Dar es Salaam, 2022

Teaching:

  1. Undergraduate courses: Plant ecology, Taxonomy of high plants, Plant physiology and Anatomy of angiosperms.
  2. Postgraduate courses: Environmental education, Biodiversity conservation and management

Research:

Ecology; Ecosystem resilience, Climate change, Ecosystem functioning and services, Biodiversity conservation. Ethno-botany and Ethno-medicine, plant taxonomy and systematics, Food security.

Projects:

  1. Screening of phytochemicals, toxicity, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the mostly used plants for treatment of respiratory disorders in Tabora region. Researchers: Halima Mvungi Amir (PI), David Sylvester Kacholi, and Steven Nyandoro (Co-PIs). Amount: 29,999,650.00 TZS (12,850 USD). Duration: 1 year (March 2023 to February 2024). Funding: UDSM the 5th Call for competitive research and innovation grants 2022/20223.
  2. Development of poultry feed from under-utilized food wastes: A strategic step towards value added food wastes and improved public health in Tanzanian Cities. Researchers: James Tano Zacharia (PI), David Sylvester Kacholi, Halima Mvungi Amir, and Rita Alex Lyatuu (Co-PIs). Amount: 100,000,000.00 TZS (42,850 USD). Duration: 1 year (March 2023 to February 2024). Funding: UDSM the 5th Call for competitive research and innovation grants 2022/20223.
  3. An Ethno-linguistic Survey of Datooga Plant names and their usage in treatment of human and Cattle Diseases". Researchers: Kuria Michael Mdoe (PI), Amani Lusekelo and Halima Mvungi Amir (Co-PIs). Amount: 20,000,000.00 TZS. (8570 USD) Duration: 1 year (March 2023 to February 2024). Funding: UDSM the 5th Call for competitive research and innovation grants 2022/20223.
  4. Ethnolinguistic and Ethnobotanical Investigation of Medicinal Plants Used by Nyamwezi and Sukuma People in Tanzania: A Case of Treatment of Respiratory Disorders. Researchers: Amani Lusekelo (PI) and Halima Mvungi (CO PI). Funding: University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Competitive Research and Innovation Grants – 2020 Project Registration Number DUCE-20172 1.1 
  5. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Tabora region, Tanzania. Researchers:  David Sylvester Kacholi (PI), Halima Mvungi Amir (CO PI). Funding: DUCE Competitive Research and Innovation Grants – 2019. Project Registration Number DUCE-20030
  6. Species composition and carbon sequestration in regenerating Miombo woodland in Tabora region.  Funding:  NORAD through the NORHED project (UGA-13/0019)
  7. Taxonomic study of selected Aloe species of Tanzania and the associated indigenous Knowledge Funding:  World bank through STEP project DUCE-2009

Publications:

  1. Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H.M., 2024. Ethnobotanical survey of anti-constipation medicinal plants used in Sikonge District, Tanzania. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 28, pp.1-11.
  2. Kacholi, D.S., Kalokora, O.J., Amir, H.M. and Mogha, N.G., 2023. Ethnogynaecological medicinal plants used by Tanzanian communities against female infertility and menstrual disorders–A comprehensive review. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 26, pp.1-25.
  3. Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H.M., 2023. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants traditionally used against erectile dysfunction in Tabora region, Tanzania. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 25, pp.1-12.
  4. Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H.M., 2022. Ethnomedicinal survey of antidiarrheal plants of the Nyamwezi people of Nsenda ward in Urambo District, central western Tanzania. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 24,1-14.
  5. Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H. M., 2022. Herbal remedies used by traditional healers to treat haemorrhoids in Tabora region, Tanzania. Pharmaceutical Biology, 60(1), pp.2182-2188. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2022.2136204
  6. Mogha, N.G., Kalokora, O.J., Amir, H.M. and Kacholi, D.S., 2022. Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania–a systematic review. Pharmaceutical Biology, 60(1), pp.1925-1934. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942
  7. Kacholi, D. S., and Amir, M. H. (2022). "Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in managing Gonorrhoea and Syphilis in Urambo District, Tabora Region, Tanzania." Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants 28(2):179-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/10496475.2022.2035476
  8.  Kacholi, D.S. and Amir, H.M, 2021. Plants Used by Nyamwezi Traditional Health Practitioners To Remedy Sexually Transmitted Infections in Sikonge, Tanzania. Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences, 10 (6): 89–101.
  9. Amir, H. M., & Manoko, M. L. (2020). Does the Seedling Emergence Technique Limit the Detection of Seeds of Miombo Species in Miombo Woodlands?.Journal of Education, Humanities & Science (JEHS), 8(2). http://jehs.duce.ac.tz/index.php/jehs/article/view/20
  10. Amir, H. M., Grace, O. M., Wabuyele, E., & Manoko, M. L. K. (2019). Ethnobotany of aloe L.(Asphodelaceae) in Tanzania. South African Journal of Botany, (122): 330-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2019.01.038
  11. Amir, H., & Manoko, M. (2018). Similarity coefficients influence the delimitation of species in the genus Aloe l.(Xanthorrhoeaceae). Tanzania Journal of Science, 44(3), 93-102. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjs/article/view/174912