Identification and quantification of edible plant foods in the Upper (Nama) Karoo, South Africa

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Youngblood, Dawn ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Foragers; Karoo; South Africa; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

ALBUCA; CYPERUS; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; NAMA; TALINUM CAFFRUM;

EID: 14244265258     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)58[s43:iaqoep]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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