Medicinal plants of sacred groves in Kanyakumari district southern Western Ghats

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 294-299

  Sukumaran, S ^a   Raj, A D S ^b  

^a NESAMONY MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^b SCOTT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ethnomedicine; Folk medicine; Indigenous knowledge; Kanyakumari; Medicinal plants; Sacred groves; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149302174     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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