Some abortifacient plants used by the tribal people of West Bengal

Natural Product Radiance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-171

  Mitra, S ^a   Mukherjee, Sobhan Kr ^b  

^a Department of Botany   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Abortifacient plants; Lodha; Lohar; Munda; Oraon; Polia; Sabar and Santal; Tribal communities; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

POLIA;

EID: 67650744773     PISSN: 0972592X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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