Open AccessPlant uses by the Topnaar of the Kuiseb Valley Namib Desert
Author(s) -
Patrick Van Damme,
Veerle Van den Eynden,
Patrick Vernemmen
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
avrug-bulletin/afrika focus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0772-084X
pISSN - 0772-0793
DOI - 10.21825/af.v8i3-4.17839
Subject(s) - desert (philosophy) , ecology , agroforestry , geography , environmental science , biology , epistemology , philosophy
The Kuiseb Topnaar use some 50 different plants for food, woodfuel, cosmetics, as drugs, for construction, . . . . The different plants are presented here and their uses discussed and compared to uses in other settings.
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