Ethnobotanical studies on the wild edible plants of Irula tribes of Pillur Valley, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Rasingam, L ^a,b  

^a Keystone Foundation Kotagiri   (India)

^b Deccan Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Coimbatore; Edible plants; Irula; Pillur; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CACTACEAE; CLIMBING PLANT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FLOWER; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; HABITAT; HARVEST PERIOD; HERB; HUMAN; INDIA; IRULA; MALVACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT TUBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHAMNACEAE; SHRUB; SOLANACEAE; STRAGGLER; TREE; WILD PLANT;

EID: 84875387339     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60443-2     Document Type: Article

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