Banana cultivation in South Asia and East Asia: A review of the evidence from archaeology and linguistics

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 333-351

  Fuller, Dorian Q ^a   Madella, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

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MUSA ACUMINATA; MUSA BALBISIANA;

EID: 73649119538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.7.0.333-351     Document Type: Article

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