Ethnobotany of the Garífuna of Eastern Nicaragua

Economic Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-107

  Coe, Felix G ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Nicaragua; Ethnobotany; Garifuna; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002901523     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02862114     Document Type: Article

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