Ethnobotanical study on wild plants used by Lhoba people in Milin County, Tibet

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Feifei ^a   Zhuo, Jingxian ^b,c   Liu, Bo ^a   Jarvis, Devra ^d   Long, Chunlin ^a,b  

^a MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Lhoba; Medicinal plants; Tibet

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

COLORING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUILDING MATERIAL; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TIBET; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COLORING AGENTS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIBET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925382633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0009-3     Document Type: Article

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