Ethno-medicinal assessment of some selected wild edible fruits and vegetables of Lesser-Himalayas, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue SPL.ISS, 2013, Pages 215-222

  Abbasi, Arshad Mehmood ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; BERBERIS; BERBERIS LYCIUM; CARISSA; FICUS CARICA; FICUS PALMATA; LYCIUM; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

EID: 84873458611     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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