Journal of
Horticulture and Forestry

  • Abbreviation: J. Hortic. For.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9782
  • DOI: 10.5897/JHF
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 317

Full Length Research Paper

Distribution and regeneration status of Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr. in Kenyan drylands

James Munga Kimondo
  • James Munga Kimondo
  • Kenya Forestry Research Institute, P. O. Box 20412-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Jacob Godfrey Agea
  • Jacob Godfrey Agea
  • College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062 Kampala, Uganda.
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Clement Akais Okia
  • Clement Akais Okia
  • ICRAF Uganda Country Office P. O. Box 26416 Kampala, Uganda
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Andrew Woiso Dino
  • Andrew Woiso Dino
  • Department of Biological Science, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. Box 3038, Morogoro, Tanzania
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Refaat Atalla Ahmed Abohassan
  • Refaat Atalla Ahmed Abohassan
  • Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80208 Jeddah, 21589 Saudi Arabia
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Jackson Mulatya
  • Jackson Mulatya
  • Kenya Forestry Research Institute, P. O. Box 20412-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Zewge Teklehaimanot
  • Zewge Teklehaimanot
  • School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor-Gwynedd LL57, UK
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  •  Received: 04 July 2014
  •  Accepted: 29 September 2014
  •  Published: 31 October 2014

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