Ethnobotany and sustainable utilization of natural dye plants in Sierra Leone

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  MacFoy, Cyrus ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colors; Ethnobotany; Indigenous knowledge; Natural dyes; Plant species; Sustainable utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 14244259636     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)58[s66:easuon]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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