A survey of ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribals of ajoydha hill region, purulia district, India

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-290

  Dey, Abhijit ^a   De Dr , Jitendra Nath ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Charuchandra College   (India)

Author keywords

Ajodhya hill; Ethnomedicine; India; Purulia; Tribals; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 79960471837     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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