Nutritional and medicinal properties of cleome gynandra

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 752, Issue , 2007, Pages 127-130

  Van Den Heever, E ^a   Venter, S L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cleome gynandra; Medicinal property; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; CAPPARACEAE; CLEOME; GYNANDROPSIS GYNANDRA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; VIGNA;

EID: 67650780113     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.752.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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