Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 2: The medicinal plants used in Katoro Ward, Bukoba District

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Moshi, Mainen J ^a   Otieno, Donald F ^b   Mbabazi, Pamela K ^c   Weisheit, Anke ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 77954801195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-19     Document Type: Article

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