Ethnobiology of coastal sand dune legumes of southwest coast of India

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 611-620

  Bhagya, B ^a   Sridhar, K R ^a  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Coastal sand dunes; Ecosystem restoration; Ethnomedicine; Legumes; Medicinal use; Nutrition; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649738293     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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