Ethnobotanical utilization and conservation of chewing sticks plants species in Ekiti state, Nigeria

Research Journal of Botany

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Kayode, Joshua ^a   Omatoyinbo, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADO EKITI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chewing sticks; Conservation; Ekiti state; Etlmobotany; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449146349     PISSN: 18164919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjb.2009.1.9     Document Type: Article

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