The discovery of Capparis spinosa L. (Capparidaceae) in the Yanghai Tombs (2800 years b.p.), NW China, and its medicinal implications

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-420

  Jiang, Hong En ^a,b   Li, Xiao ^b   Ferguson, David K ^c   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Liu, Chang Jiang ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Academia Turfanica of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

Author keywords

Capparis spinosa L.; China; Palaeoethnobotany; Yanghai Tombs

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CHINA; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEED; SHOOT;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAPPARIS; CHINA; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS;

CANNABIS SATIVA; CAPPARACEAE; CAPPARIS SPINOSA;

EID: 34548421902     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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