Traditional ethnobotanical uses of halophytes from Hub, Balochistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1543-1551

  Qasim, Muhammad ^a   Gulzar, Salman ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^b   Aziz, Irfan ^c   Ajmal Khan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALIA; BOS; CONVOLVULACEAE; FABACEAE; POACEAE; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 77955097611     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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