Micropropagation of Scilla nervosa (Hyacinthaceae), a southern African medicinal bulb
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A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plants.
AIMS OF THE STUDY Commercially important indigenous medicinal plants of southern Africa are reviewed in the context of fundamental knowledge about their ethnobotany, phylogeny, genetics, taxonomy, biochemistry, chemical variation, reproductive biology and horticulture. The aim is to explore the rapidly increasing number of scientific publications and to investigate the need for further research...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Botany
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0254-6299
DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6299(15)31002-4