Some endangered plants producing edible fruits and seeds in Southeastern Nigeria

Fruits

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-220

  Meregini, Apollos O A ^a  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Domestication; Endangered species; Inventories; Nigeria; Wild plants

Indexed keywords

LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 26944503044     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2005028     Document Type: Article

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