Biological and ethnobotanical characteristics of Nipa Palm (Nypa fructicans wurmb.): A review

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1407-1412

  Tsuji, Koji ^a   Sebastian, Leocadio S ^a   Ghazalli, Mohd Nor Faizal ^b   Ariffin, Zulhairil ^b   Nordin, Mohd Shukor ^b   Khaidizar, Maya Izar ^b   Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MARDI   (Malaysia)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological characteristics; Economic aspect; Geographical distribution; Nypa fruticans; Traditional utilization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY;

EGYPT; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

NYPA; NYPA FRUTICANS;

EID: 81455136045     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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