Ethnobotany of the genus Artemisia L. (Asteraceae) in Pakistan

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 147-162

  Hayat, Muhammad Qasim ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b   Jabeen, Shazia ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISIA BREVIFOLIA; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; ARTEMISIA JAPONICA; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA; ARTEMISIA ROXBURGHIANA; ARTEMISIA SANTOLINIFOLIA; ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ASTERACEAE; SCOPARIA;

EID: 73649090761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.7.0.147-162     Document Type: Article

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