Ethnobotanical studies of Shompens - A critically endangered and degenerating ethnic community in Great Nicobar Island

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1623-1628

  Sharief, M U ^a   Rao, R R ^b  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotanical studies; Great Nicobar Island; Medicinal plants; Shompens

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749016083     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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