Folk classification, perception, and preferences of baobab products in West Africa: Consequences for species conservation and improvement

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-84

  Assogbadjo, A E ^a   Glele Kakai R ^a   Chadare, F J ^a   Thomson, L ^b   Kyndt, T ^c   Sinsin, B ^a   Van Damme, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Baobab; Domestication; Ethnobotanical survey; Indigenous knowledge; Preferences; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 46249119405     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-007-9003-6     Document Type: Article

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