Nutritional and Medicinal value of the edible stinkbug, Encosternum delegorguei Spinola consumed in the Limpopo Province of South Africa and its host plant Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. var. angustifolia

In most rural areas, reliance on traditional medicine and food is high and this is attributed to both economic and cultural factors. The edible stink-bug (Encosternum delegorgueiSpinola), local name “thongolifha” is consumed by the Venda tribe in Limpopo Province of South Africa. Thongolifha is impo...

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Main Author: Teffo, Leah Snow
Other Authors: Toms, R.B.
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26961
Teffo, LS 2007, Nutritional and Medicinal value of the edible stinkbug, Encosternum delegorguei Spinola consumed in the Limpopo Province of South Africa and its host plant Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. var. angustifolia, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26961>
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08032007-172402/