On Sidama folk identification, naming, and classification of cultivated enset (Ensete ventricosum) varieties

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1359-1370

  Bizuayehu, Tesfaye ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ensete ventricosum; Ethiopia; Folk taxonomy; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; HERB; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SIDAMA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ENSETE VENTRICOSUM;

EID: 57649183696     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9334-x     Document Type: Article

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