Ethnic differences in use value and use patterns of the threatened multipurpose scrambling shrub (Caesalpinia bonduc L.) in Benin

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1549-1557

  Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem ^a   Kakaï, Romain Glèlè ^a   Adjallala, François Houtoutou ^a   Azihou, Akomian Fortuné ^a   Vodouhê, Gbèlidji Fifanou ^a   Kyndt, Tina ^b   Codjia, Jean Thimothée Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benin; Caesalpinia bonduc; Endangered species; Endogenous knowledge; Medicinal plant; Use frequency

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BENIN; BURN; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA BONDUC; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RITUAL;

CAESALPINIA BONDUC;

EID: 79957667553     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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