Ethnobotany of Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam in Southern Nigeria 1: Practices and applications among the Yoruba speaking people

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-184

  Conrad Omonhinmin, A ^a  

^a Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

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DACRYODES EDULIS;

EID: 84875478092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.10.0.175-184     Document Type: Article

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