Sacred groves of Parinche valley of Pune district of Maharashtra, India and their importance

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-76

  Waghchaure, Chandrakant K ^b   Tetali, Pundarikakshudu ^a   Gunale, Venkat R ^b   Antia, Noshir H ^b   Birdi, Tannaz J ^b  

^a Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ACACIA CATECHU EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; ARGEMOENE MEXICANA EXTRACT; ARGEMONE OIL; ARTEMISIA NILAGIRICA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BOMBAX CEIBA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA DECAPETALA EXTRACT; CARISSA CONGESTA EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CLEMATIS HEYNEI EXTRACT; COCCULUS HIRSUTUS EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA PENTAPHYLLA EXTRACT; ENSETE SUPERBUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA LIGULARIA EXTRACT; FICUS ARNOTTIANA EXTRACT; KINO EXTRACT; LANTANA CAMARA EXTRACT; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; OUGEINIA OOJEINENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TAMARINDUS INDICA EXTRACT; TECTONA GRANDIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA BELLERICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA EXTRACT; ZIZIPHUS XYLOPYRA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FOREST; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL LIFE; SUMMER; TREE; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33644985975     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470500516188     Document Type: Article

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