Medicinal plants of the Washambaa (Tanzania): Documentation and ethnopharmacological evaluation

Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-92

  Schlage, Christina ^a   Mabula, C ^b   Mahunnah, R L A ^c   Heinrich, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Tanzania Forestry Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Medicinal plants; Tanzania; Traditional medicine; Usambara Mountains; Washambaa

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

TANZANIA;

MYRICA SALICIFOLIA; TODDALIA ASIATICA;

EID: 0033974973     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-296     Document Type: Article

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