African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 809

Full Length Research Paper

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in chiro district, West Hararghe, Ethiopia

Amare Fassil
  • Amare Fassil
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Oda Bultum University, Asebe Teferi, Ethiopia.
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Getachew Gashaw
  • Getachew Gashaw
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Oda Bultum University, Asebe Teferi, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 01 October 2019
  •  Accepted: 27 November 2019
  •  Published: 30 November 2019

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