An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Babungo, Northwest Region, Cameroon

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Simbo, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949471576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-8     Document Type: Article

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