Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica, Convolvulaceae) a food gone wild

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-146

  Austin, Daniel F ^a  

^a ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVOLVULACEAE; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33947601606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.5.0.123-146     Document Type: Article

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