Traditional botanical wisdom of Birhore tribes of Jharkhand

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 467-470

  Mairh, Ashutosh Kumar ^a   Mishra, P K ^b   Kumar, Jyoti ^c   Mairh, Arundhati ^d  

^a DAV Public School   (India)

^b Department of Botany   (India)

^c RANCHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Department of Botany   (India)

Author keywords

Birhores; Ethnobotany; Jharkhand; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149373184     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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