Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zhouqu county, Gansu, China)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kang, Yongxiang ^a   Łuczaj, Łukasz ^b   Kang, Jin ^a   Wang, Fu ^a   Hou, Jiaojiao ^a   Guo, Quanping ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^c Forestry Academy of Bailongjiang Forestry Administration Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Brugchu; Caltha palustris; Ethnobotany; Ethnomycology; Lactic fermentation; Lacto fermented; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EDIBLE PLANT;

PLANTS, EDIBLE; TIBET;

EID: 84894297365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-20     Document Type: Article

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