Ethnobotany of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae), a major food plant of the sakai tribe at Banthad Range, Peninsular Thailand

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 385-393

  Maneenoon, Katesarin ^a   Sirirugsa, Puangpen ^a   Sridith, Kitichate ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 72649100804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.6.0.385-394     Document Type: Article

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