Cultivating the medicinal plant Merwilla natalensis as a crop. A small-scale farming approach

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-120

  Sparg, S G ^a   Jager A K ^a   Magwa, M L ^b   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Medicinal plants; Merwilla natalensis; Small scale farming

Indexed keywords

MERWILLA NATALENSIS;

EID: 21644490418     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/0000000054224292     Document Type: Article

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