Economic Importance of the Medicinal Plant Trade in Sierra Leone1

Economic Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 299-312

  Jusu, Amadu ^a   Sanchez, Aida Cuni ^a,b  

^a Gola Rainforest National Park   (Sierra Leone)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conservation; ethnobotany; market survey; medicinal plants; non timber forest product (NTFP); West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890533259     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-013-9245-4     Document Type: Article

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