Documented utility and biocultural value of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae): A review

Economic Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-178

  Grace, Olwen M ^a,b   Simmonds, Monique S J ^a   Smith, Gideon F ^b,c   Van Wyk, Abraham E ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe; Asphodelaceae; Biocultural value; Conservation; Ethnobotany; Medicine; Uses

Indexed keywords

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ALOE PERRYI; ALOE VERA; ARTHROPODA; ASPHODELACEAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650447717     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-009-9082-7     Document Type: Article

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