Local use and knowledge validation of fodder trees and shrubs browsed by livestock in bushbuckridge area, south africa

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 132-

  Chepape, R M ^a   Mbatha, K R ^a   Luseba, D ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Combretaceae; Ethnobotany; Fabaceae; Indigenous knowledge; Nutraceutical

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA; ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS; FABACEAE; FICUS SYCOMORUS; MANGIFERA INDICA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA SERICEA;

EID: 79959401893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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