Jaborandi (Pilocarpus sp., Rutaceae): A wild species and its rapid transformation into a crop

Economic Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-58

  Pinheiro, Claudio Urbano B ^a,b  

^a Empresa Maranhense Pesquisa A   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Jaborandi; Maranhao; pilocarpine; Pilocarpus

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPUS; PILOCARPUS JABORANDI; RUTACEAE;

EID: 0030953010     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910403     Document Type: Article

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