Dietary use of wild plant resources in the Sikkim Himalaya, India

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 626-638

  Sundriyal, Manju ^a   Sundriyal, R C ^a   Sharma, E ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Dietary uses; Sikkim Himalaya; Species richness; Traditional food dishes; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 14344254293     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0626:DUOWPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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