Wild leafy vegetable use and knowledge across multiple sites in Morocco: A case study for transmission of local knowledge?

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Powell, Bronwen ^a,b   Ouarghidi, Abderrahim ^c   Johns, Timothy ^b   Ibn Tattou, Mohamed ^d   Eyzaguirre, Pablo ^e  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

^e BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Leafy vegetables; Local knowledge; Nomenclature; Nutrition; Traditional food; Traditional food system; Wild food

Indexed keywords

DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MOROCCO; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITION; VEGETABLE;

DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MOROCCO; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84899930603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-34     Document Type: Article

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