Environmental Research Journal

Year: 2011
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Page No. 74 - 86

Wild and Semi-Wild Food Plants of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom of Uganda:Growth Forms, Collection Niches, Parts Consumed, Consumption Patterns, Main Gatherers and Consumers

Authors : Jacob Godfrey Agea, Clement Akais Okia, Refaat Atalla Ahmed Abohassan, James Munga Kimondo, Joseph Obua, John Hall and Zewge Teklehaimanot

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