Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a   Gilbreath, Genevieve G ^b   Solio, John ^c   Lutura, Manja ^c   Lutuluo, Rumpac ^c   Kunguru, Kimaren ^c   Wood, Nick ^c   Mathenge, Simon G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Arogya Inc   (United States)

^c Sekenani Camp   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMBOLISM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALARIA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; ORAL HYGIENE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34250709948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-22     Document Type: Article

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