Ethnobotanical survey of plants used for skin diseases and related ailments in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 463-522

  Ajibesin, Kola' Kayode ^a  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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