Folk medicine of NR Pura taluk in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Prakasha, H M ^a   Krishnappa, M ^a   Krishnamurthy, Y L ^a   Poornima, S V ^a  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicine; Folk medicine; Indigenous medicine; Karnataka; Medicinal plants; Rural herbalists

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149248759     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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