Ethnobotanical investigations in the genus Momordica L. in the Southern Western Ghats of India

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 713-721

  Joseph, John K ^a   Antony, V T ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b ST BERCHMANS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Domestication; Ethnobotany; Momordica L.; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DICOTYLEDON; DOMESTICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MOMORDICA DIOICA;

EID: 45849085431     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-007-9279-5     Document Type: Article

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