Cultural significance of medicinal plant families and species among Quechua farmers in Apillapampa, Bolivia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-67

  Thomas, Evert ^a   Vandebroek, Ina ^b   Sanca, Sabino ^c   Van Damme, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^c Asociacion de Jampiris de Apillapampa   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Andes; Cultural importance indices; Emic perception of efficacy; Informant consensus; Quantitative ethnobotany; Use quality

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CRASSULACEAE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG USE; ETHNOBOTANY; KRAMERIACEAE; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; PASSION FRUIT; POACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SPECIES;

BOLIVIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

POACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 60049090572     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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