Medicinal plants of Erute county, Lira district, Uganda with particular reference to their conservation

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-298

  Oryema, Christine ^a   Ziraba, Remigius Bukenya ^b   Omagor, Nelson ^b   Opio, Alfonse ^a  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Conservation; Erute county; Lira district; Medicinal plants; Uganda; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CULTIVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; NOMENCLATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; VILLAGE;

LIRA; NORTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; UGANDA;

ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SOLANACEAE; VERBENACEAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 77953716744     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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