Ethnoecology of traditional leafy vegetables of the Luo people of Bondo district, western Kenya

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 522-530

  Orech, F O ^a   Aagaard Hansen, J ^b   Friis, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ethnoecology; Traditional leafy vegetables; Western Kenya

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; AMARANTHACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DOMESTICATED PLANT; ECOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); KENYA; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WILD PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; KENYA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT LEAVES; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

ACANTHACEAE; AMARANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 35148876133     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480701331163     Document Type: Article

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