Ethnotaxonomical approach in the identification of useful medicinal flora of Tehsil Pindigheb (District Attock) Pakistan

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-62

  Hayat, Muhammad Qasim ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Shaheen, Nighat ^a   Yasmin, Ghazalah ^a   Akhter, Shamim ^a,b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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EID: 47749126506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.6.0.35-62     Document Type: Article

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