An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wonago Woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 28-

  Mesfin, Fisseha ^a   Demissew, Sebsebe ^a   Teklehaymanot, Tilahun ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 70449732396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-28     Document Type: Article

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