A note on the ethnobotanical studies of some pteridophytes in Assam

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-295

  Sen, Aniruddha ^a   Ghosh, P D ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Assam; Cachari; Ethnomedicine; Fern; Hmar; Jaintia; Murah; Pteridophytes; Rankhal; Rheang; Traditional knowledge; Vaiphei

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955504226     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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