An ethnobotanical analysis of the tree species common to the subtropical moist forests of the Peten, Guatemala

Economic Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-183

  Mutchnick, Patrice A ^a   McCarthy, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Guatemala; Medicinal plants; Methodology; Timber

Indexed keywords

ACHRAS; CAESALPINIA; CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; POUTERIA; POUTERIA SAPOTA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0030954230     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893110     Document Type: Article

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