A cross-cultural comparison of folk plant uses among Albanians, Bosniaks, Gorani and Turks living in south Kosovo

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mustafa, Behxhet ^a   Hajdari, Avni ^a   Pieroni, Andrea ^b   Pulaj, Bledar ^a   Koro, Xhemajli ^a   Quave, Cassandra L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Folk medicine; Kosovo; Medicinal plants; Sharr Mountains; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTERACEAE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LAMIACEAE; MATRICARIA RECUTITA; ROSACEAE; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; THYMUS SERPYLLUM; TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS; URTICA DIOICA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

ALBANIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOSOVO; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TURKEY;

ALBANIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KOSOVO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84930079117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0023-5     Document Type: Article

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