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Title:

Plant uses by the Topnaar people of Kuiseb Valley Namib desert

Author(s):

van Damme P, van den Eynden V, Vernemmen P

Publication Year:

1922

Abstract:

The Kuiseb Topnaar use some 50 defferent plants for food, woodfuel, consmetics, as drugs, for construction, etc. The different plants are presented here and their uses discussed and compared to uses in other settings.

Publication Title:

Afrika Focus

Volume:

8

Issue:

3 - 4

Pages:

223 - 252

Item Type:

Journal Article

Language:

en

Keywords:

plant species, Namib, indigenous knowledge, river, desert, human settlement

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