Traditional Medicinal Plants in Two Urban Areas in Kenya (Thika and Nairobi): Diversity of traded species and conservation concerns

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Ethnobotany Research and Applications

• Publication date

  2012-08-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.17348/ERA.10.0.329-338
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