Folk taxonomy and use of mushrooms in communities around Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tibuhwa, Donatha D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ethnomycology; Kurya; Maasai; Serengeti national park; Tonic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; TERMITOMYCES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGARICALES; AGE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGARICALES; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84866518260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-36     Document Type: Article

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