An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wayu Tuka District, East Welega Zone of Oromia Regional State, West Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Megersa, Moa ^a   Asfaw, Zemede ^b   Kelbessa, Ensermu ^b   Beyene, Abebe ^c   Woldeab, Bizuneh ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84884515765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-68     Document Type: Article

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