An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jorim, Ronald Y ^a   Korape, Seva ^a   Legu, Wauwa ^a   Koch, Michael ^b   Barrows, Louis R ^b   Matainaho, Teatulohi K ^a   Rai, Prem P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Highlands; Medicinal Plants; Obura Wonenara; Okapa; Papua New Guinea; Unggai Bena

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICINAL PLANT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871150249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-47     Document Type: Article

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