Ethnobotanical And Chemotaxonomic Study Of Some Kenyan Medicinal Labiatae Species.
Abstract
The Labiatae is a large and cosmopolitan family growing in a
large variety of climate. In Kenya there are about 70 genera currently
recorded at the East Africa Herberium and collected from all parts of the
country. This family is characterised by a pleasant scent emitted by the
essential oils produced by glands in the leaves, hence are known by the
more common name "the mint family
Citation
Catherine W. Githinji (1990). Ethnobotanical And Chemotaxonomic Study Of Some Kenyan Medicinal Labiatae Species.A thesis subnitted in partial t'ulfilment for- the degree of Masters of Science in Botany of the Universi ty of Nairobi.Publisher
University of Nairobi School of Biological Sciences