An ethnobotany of Western Cape Rasta bush medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 578-594

  Aston Philander, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape herbal medicine; Cross cultural adaptation; Emergent ethnomedicine; Rastafari; South Africa; Urban ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEGETATION;

ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; RASTA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 81255135767     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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