Ethnobotanical study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plant use by traditional healers in Oshikoto region, Namibia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad ^a   Shapi, Martin ^a   Matengu, Kenneth ^a   Mu Ashekele, Hina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERGULARIA DAEMIA; TRAGIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79952334032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-10     Document Type: Article

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