Ethnobotany of medicinal plants from Tian Mu Shan biosphere reserve, Zhejiang-Province, China

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 646-653

  Chaudhary, Muhammad Ishtiaq ^a   He, Q ^a   Cheng, Y Y ^a   Xiao, P G ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biosphere reserve; Ethnobotany; Tian Mu Shan; Traditional Chinese medicines; Zhejiang

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; ROSACEAE; TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES;

EID: 33748896633     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2006.646.653     Document Type: Article

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