Use of weeds as traditional vegetables in Shurugwi District, Zimbabwe

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Maroyi, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHACEAE; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; ASTERACEAE; CAPPARACEAE; CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; CORCHORUS TRIDENS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS ANGURIA; CUCUMIS METULIFERUS; CUCURBITACEAE; GYNANDROPSIS GYNANDRA; MALVACEAE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; SOLANACEAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VEGETABLE; VERY ELDERLY; WEED; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT WEEDS; VEGETABLES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84883038541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-60     Document Type: Article

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