American palms used for medicine, in the ethnobotanical and pharmacological publications

Revista Peruana de Biologia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-146

  Sosnowska, Joanna ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^b  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

America; Arecaceae; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Palms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986183482     PISSN: 15610837     EISSN: 17279933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v15i3.3772     Document Type: Article

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