Ethnomedicinal and ecological status of plants in Garhwal Himalaya, India

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Munesh ^a   Sheikh, Mehraj A ^a   Bussmann, Rainer W ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA CATECHU; BARLERIA PRIONITIS; DESMODIUM OOJEINENSE; HEDERA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; JUSTICIA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PYRUS; PYRUS PASHIA; QUERCUS LEUCOTRICHOPHORA; RHUS PARVIFLORA; SIDA CORDIFOLIA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; VERNONIA; VERNONIA ANTHELMINTICA;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 80054091713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-32     Document Type: Article

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