The importance of an indigenous tree to southern African communities with specific relevance to its domestication and commercialization: A case of the marula tree

Forestry Studies in China

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-44

  Mokgolodi, Neo C ^a   Ding, You fang ^a   Setshogo, Moffat P ^b   Ma, Chao ^a   Liu, Yu jun ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

commercialization; domestication; marula; Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra; southern Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551665527     PISSN: 10081321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11632-011-0110-1     Document Type: Review

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