Wild edible plants of the Sikkim Himalaya: Marketing, value addition and implications for management

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 300-315

  Sundriyal, Manju ^a   Sundriyal, R C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conservation; Edible plants; Marketing; Sikkim Himalaya

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS; BACCAUREA RAMIFLORA; DENDROCALAMUS HAMILTONII; DIPLAZIUM ESCULENTUM; ELEAGNUS; MACHILUS; SPONDIAS; SPONDIAS AXILLARIS;

EID: 14344256907     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0300:WEPOTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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