The ethnobotany of Fagraea Thunb. (Gentianaceae): The timber of Malesia and the scent of Polynesia

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 396-409

  Motley, Timothy J ^a  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Fagraea; Gentianaceae; Islands; Pacific; Timber; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344363812     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0396:TEOFTG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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