An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Trinidad

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Clement, Y N ^a   Baksh Comeau, Y S ^a   Seaforth, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

'Afterbirth'; 'Cooling cleanser'; 'Stoppage of water'; 'Womb infection'; Cymbopogon citratus; Gomphrena globosa; Kidney stones; Leonotis nepetifolia; Senna occidentalis

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 84941632775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0052-0     Document Type: Article

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