Indigenous use and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants in far-west Nepal

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 5-28

  Kunwar, Ripu M ^a   Uprety, Y ^a   Burlakoti, C ^a   Chowdhary, C L ^b   Bussmann, R W ^c  

^a Centre for Biological Conservation   (Nepal)

^b Canadian Center for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI)   (Nepal)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

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EID: 73649104792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.7.0.5-28     Document Type: Article

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