"Tum-thang" (Crotalaria tetragona Roxb. ex Andr.): A little known wild edible species in the north-eastern hill region of India

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 729-733

  Bhatt, K C ^a   Pandey, Anjula ^a   Dhariwal, O P ^a   Panwar, N S ^a   Bhandari, D C ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Crotalaria tetragona; India; Little known species; North eastern hill region; Underutilized and neglected crops

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE SPECIES; FLOWER; HILL; VEGETABLE; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MIZORAM; SOUTH ASIA;

CROTALARIA; TETRAGONA;

EID: 70349850568     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9428-0     Document Type: Article

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