Folk medicinal plants in the Sikkim Himalayas of India

Asian Folklore Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 295-310

  Singh, H Birkumar ^a   Prasad, P ^a   Raj, L K ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Folk medicine; Over exploitation; Sikkim

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949914699     PISSN: 03852342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1178975     Document Type: Article

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