Ethnobotany of the Sumu (Ulwa) of southeastern Nicaragua and comparisons with Miskitu plant lore

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-386

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

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Southeastern Nicaragua; Sumu; Ulwa

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0033372448     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866715     Document Type: Article

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