Management and use of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. in Thai wetlands

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-289

  La Ongsri, Woranuch ^a,b   Trisonthi, Chusie ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^c  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Botanical Garden Organization   (Thailand)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economic importance; Ethnobotany; Lotus; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMERCIALIZATION; ETHNOBOTANY; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 67651171509     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-008-9106-6     Document Type: Article

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