Cultural significance of biodiversity: The role of medicinal plants in Urban African cultural practices in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-81

  Cocks, M L ^a   Dold, A P ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

biocultural diversity; medicinal plants; South Africa; Xhosa people

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955072019     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771(2006)26[60:CSOBTR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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