Traditional leafy vegetables in Benin: Folk nomenclature, species under threat and domestication

Acta Botanica Gallica

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-199

  Dansi, Alexandre ^a,b   Adjatin, Arlette ^b   Adoukonou Sagbadja, Hubert ^a,b   Faladé, Victoire ^b   Adomou, Aristide C ^a   Yedomonhan, Hounnankpon ^a   Akpagana, Koffi ^c   de Foucault, Bruno ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b Crop Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Biodiversity Research and Development Institute (IRDCAM)   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Benin; Diversity; Domestication; Ethnobotany; Folk nomenclature; Leafy vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149125589     PISSN: 12538078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2009.10516150     Document Type: Article

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