An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Asgede Tsimbila District, Northwestern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 305-320

  Zenebe, Girmay ^a   Zerihun, Mohammed ^b   Solomon, Zewdie ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Forum for Social Studies   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 84875415768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.10.0.305-320     Document Type: Article

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