TRADITIONAL USE OF FAMILY LORANTHACEAE FORM WESTERN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Family Loranthaceae is charactherized by parasitic nature of its species. Tribal people give importance to members of this family for their wild edible, medicinal values and withcraft and superstitious uses. In this connection, ethnobotanical survey among Mahadeokoli tribe was carried out in five di...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, D. K., Kumbhojkar, M.S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557050
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Sumario:Family Loranthaceae is charactherized by parasitic nature of its species. Tribal people give importance to members of this family for their wild edible, medicinal values and withcraft and superstitious uses. In this connection, ethnobotanical survey among Mahadeokoli tribe was carried out in five districts namely Ahmadnagar, Nasik, Pune, Raigad and Thane. Information collected during field survey in Western maharashtra as well as from ancient literature is presented in this paper.

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