The underexploited medicinal potential of Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae) and Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del. (Leguminosae) in sub-Saharan Africa: A case for a review of priorities

International Forestry Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 285-298

  Bodeker, G ^a   Burford, G ^a   Chamberlain, J ^a   Bhat, K K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Azadirachta indica; Medicinal plants; Microenterprise; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035666172     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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