Fish stupefying plants used by the Gond tribal of Mendha village of central India

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 531-534

  Kamalkishor, Heda Nilesh ^a   Kulkarni, K M ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Government of Maharashtra   (India)

Author keywords

Dhivar; Fish poisons; Fish stupefying plants; Fishing stupefying techniques; Gond

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859064595     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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