Culture and ethnobotany of Jaintia tribal community of Meghalaya, Northeast India - a mini review

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-44

  Jaiswal, Vidhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Jaintia tribe; Meghalaya; Pnar tribe

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149274509     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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