The medical ethnobotany of Lesotho: A review

Bothalia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-228

  Moteetee, A ^a   Van Wyk, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Lesotho; Magic; Materia medica; Medicine; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ASTERACEAE; DICOMA ANOMALA; FABACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; HYACINTHACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 79960232651     PISSN: 00068241     EISSN: 23119284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/abc.v41i1.52     Document Type: Review

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