Wild medicinal and food plants used by communities living in Mopane woodlands of southern Angola: Results of an ethnobotanical field investigation.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Ethnopharmacology

• Publication date

  2016-01-11

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jep.2015.11.041PMID 26639153
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