The ethnobotany of South African medicinal orchids

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-9

  Chinsamy, M ^a   Finnie, J F ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Medicinal; Orchidaceae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ETHNOBOTANY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOCOTYLEDON; SYMPTOM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 78651507100     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.09.015     Document Type: Review

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