Ethnobotany of Caicaras of the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-395

  Rossato, Silvia C ^a   Leitão Filho, Hermógenes De F ^a   Begossi, Alpina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest coast; Brazil; Diversity; Ethnobotany; Folk medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342470565     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866716     Document Type: Article

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