Quantifying the Trade in Cycads (Encephalartos Species) in the Traditional Medicine Markets of Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa

Economic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-370

  Cousins, Stephen R ^a   Williams, Vivienne L ^a   Witkowski, Ed T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cycads; Encephalartos; harvesting; leaf bases; size class; South Africa; stem diameter; traditional medicine trade

Indexed keywords

CYCADOPSIDA; ENCEPHALARTOS;

EID: 83355163247     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9173-0     Document Type: Article

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