Wild Edible Herbs in Paddy Fields and Their Sale in a Mixture in Houaphan Province, the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Economic Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-349

  Kosaka, Yasuyuki ^a   Xayvongsa, Lamphoune ^b   Vilayphone, Anoulom ^b   Chanthavong, Houngphet ^b   Takeda, Shinya ^a   Kato, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Agrodiversity; ethnobotany; local market; non weed plant; paddy rice farming; wild food source; Xamneua

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; ERYNGIUM FOETIDUM; MARSILEA; MARSILEA QUADRIFOLIA; MARSILEACEAE; MONOCHORIA HASTATA; PONTEDERIACEAE; SPILANTHES OLERACEA;

EID: 84890552404     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-013-9251-6     Document Type: Article

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