Diversity of Medicinal Botanicals Used by Local Inhabitants in the Northeastern Driouch District, Rif Region, Morocco

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 212, 2026 1^st International Conference on Environment, Energy, and Materials for Sustainable Development (IC2EM-SDT’25)


Article Number		01013
Number of page(s)		9
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202621201013
Published online		23 January 2026

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