Food uses of ferns in China: A review

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-270

  Liu, Yujing ^a   Wujisguleng, Wujisguleng ^a,b   Long, Chunlin ^a  

^a MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Detoxification; Edible ferns; Ethnobotany; Food uses; Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum; Pterosin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873498380     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: 20839480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5586/asbp.2012.046     Document Type: Review

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