Going bananas in Papua New Guinea: A preliminary study of starch granule morphotypes in Musaceae fruit

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 217-238

  Lentfer, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIMUSA; ENSETE; MUSA; MUSACEAE;

EID: 73649099854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.7.0.217-238     Document Type: Article

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