Determination of informant consensus factor of ethnomedicinal plants used in Kalenga forest, Bangladesh

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-91

  Uddin, Mohammad Zashim ^a   Hassan, Md Abul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Consensus factor; Determination; Kalenga forest; Medicinal uses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903698083     PISSN: 10282092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v21i1.19272     Document Type: Article

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