Exploring the economic value of underutilized plant species in Ayubia National Park

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1435-1442

  Ahmad, Sheikh Saeed ^a   Javed, Sumaira ^a  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; GALIUM; GALIUM APARINE; HEDERA; HEDERA NEPALENSIS; JUSTICIA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; SCOPARIA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 47249151473     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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