An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the southeastern Karoo, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 696-704

  Van Wyk, B E ^a   de Wet, H ^b   Van Heerden, F R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Dutch culture; Ethnobotanical survey; Khoi San culture; Medicinal plants; Phytotherapy; Southeastern Karoo

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ELDERLY POPULATION; ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEW RECORD; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ABUTILON; ALOE; ALOE STRIATA; EBERLANZIA; HELICHRYSUM; OSTEOSPERMUM; PACHYPODIUM; PELIOSTOMUM; PENTZIA; RHIGOZUM; STAPELIA;

EID: 53049084166     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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