Uses, traditional management, perception of variation and preferences in ackee (Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig) fruit traits in Benin: Implications for domestication and conservation

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ekué, Marius R M ^a,b   Sinsin, Brice ^b   Eyog Matig, Oscar ^c   Finkeldey, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIGHIA; BLIGHIA SAPIDA;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BENIN; BLIGHIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOTHERAPY;

AGRICULTURE; BENIN; BLIGHIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 77952919797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-12     Document Type: Article

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