An African knowledge of ethnosystematics and its application totraditional medicine, with particular reference to the medicinal use of the fungus <i>Engleromyces goetzei</i>
Botany and medicine have been closely related fields of knowledge throughout the history of man's development. Consequently a folk knowledge of botanical classification (ethnosystematics) is often rooted in traditional medicine. Four factors have contributed to ethnosystematics being particul...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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South African National Biodiversity Institut
1983-12-01
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| Series: | Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation |
| Online Access: | https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1168 |