Adansonia digitata L. (baobab): A review of traditional information and taxonomic description

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-84

  Rahul, Jitin ^a   Jain, Manish Kumar ^a   Singh, Shishu Pal ^b   Kamal, Rakesh Kant ^a   Anuradha, ^a   Naz, Aliya ^a   Gupta, Anup Kumar ^a   Mrityunjay, Sujeet Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b Dayanand Brajendra Swarup College   (India)

Author keywords

Adansonia digitata; Baobab; Taxonomic description; Traditional information

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FEVER; MALARIA; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT TAXONOMY; SPECIES HABITAT; TOOTH PAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 84922723737     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30174-X     Document Type: Review

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