Quantitative assessment and traditional uses of high value medicinal plants in Chhota Bhangal area of Himachal Pradesh, western Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1238-1242

  Uniyal, Sanjay Kr ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Lal, Brij ^a   Singh, R D ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chhota Bhangal; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Trade; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751562075     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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