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WORLD BANK TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 355

John Lambert
Jitendra Srivastava
Noel Vietmeyer

The World Bank Washington, D. C.
Copyright © 1997

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and Development/THE WORLD BANK
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ISBN 0-8213-3856-0
ISSN: 0253-7494

John Lambert is an agriculture consultant at the World Bank. Jitendra Srivastava is Principal Agriculturist in the World Bank's Agriculture and Natural Resources Department. Noel Vietmeyer is Senior Program Officer at the National Research Council.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lambert, John, 1938
Medicinal plants : resucing a global heritage / John Lambert, Jitendra Srivastava, Noel Vietmeyer.
P. cm. - (World Bank technical papers, no. 355)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8213-3856-0

1. Materia medica, Vegetable-China.
2. Materia medica, Vegetable-India.
3. Medicinal plants- China.
4. Medicinal plants

India.
I. Srivastava, Jitendra, 1940- 11. Vietmeyer, Noel,
1940- . 111. Title. IV Series.
RS180.C5L35 1997 96-52234
615'.32'0951-dc2 CIP