Medicinal flora of the cholistan desert: A review

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a,b   Al Quriany, F ^b   Nawaz, Tahira ^a   Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel ^a   Younis, Adnan ^a   Naz, Nargis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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