A voyage in the world of plants as mentioned in the Holy Quran

International Journal of Botany

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-251

  Khafagi, Ishrak ^a   Zakaria, Amira ^a   Dewedar, Ahmed ^a   El Zahdany, Khaled ^a  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Germination; Higher plants; Holy quran; Uses of plants

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NIGRA; CARICA PAPAYA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO; DRYOBALANOPS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FICUS CARICA; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LENS CULINARIS; LYTHRACEAE; MUSA X PARADISIACA; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; SALVADORA PERSICA; TAMARIX; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 33750077294     PISSN: 18119700     EISSN: 18119719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijb.2006.242.251     Document Type: Article

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