Quantitative Approach of Sterculia setigera Del. (Sterculiaceae) Ethnobotanical Uses Among Rural Communities in Togo (West Africa)
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عنوان ژورنال: Ethnobotany Research and Applications
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1547-3465
DOI: 10.17348/era.14.0.063-080