Medicinal plants from swidden fallows and sacred forest of the Karen and the Lawa in Thailand

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Junsongduang, Auemporn ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^b   Inta, Angkhana ^a   Jampeetong, Arunothai ^a   Wangpakapattanawong, Prasit ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicinal plants; Protected forests; Traditional knowledge; Tribal community

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIACEAE; LAURACEAE;

CLASSIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; THAILAND; TREE; ARTICLE;

PLANTS, MEDICINAL; THAILAND; TREES;

EID: 84879204632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-44     Document Type: Article

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