An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in kilte awulaelo district, tigray region of ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Teklay, Abraha ^a   Abera, Balcha ^a   Giday, Mirutse ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Eastern Tigray; Ethiopia; Ethnobotany; Kilte Awulaelo District; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACOKANTHERA; ANIMALIA; BOSCIA; CORDIA; CORDIA AFRICANA; MYRICA SALICIFOLIA; MYRICACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MARGINATUM;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MARKETING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84883506008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-65     Document Type: Article

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