Traditional Beverages Derived from Wild Food Plant Species in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province in South Africa

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-222

  Rampedi, Isaac T ^a   Olivier, Jana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

beverage making plant species; environmental sustainability; fruit juices; harvesting methods; plant parts used; preparation methods; teas; traditional beer

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

FERMENTATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PLANT; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEER; BEVERAGE; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PLANT; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

BEER; BEVERAGES; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; VHEMBE;

EID: 84877263489     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.706131     Document Type: Article

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