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Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary


JA Duke and RV Martinez
224 pages, illus.
Mosby-Wolfe
 
Softcover | 1994 | £68.99 | approx. $137/€88

#35268 | ISBN-10: 0849336643
This book contains concise accounts of the various uses to which prominent Amazonian plants are put by rainforest inhabitants. Although emphasis is placed on plant foods and forest medicines, there is also commentary on other relevant applications, including natural artifacts, house construction, natural pesticides, and ornamental and fodder plants. More than 1,000 species are covered and over 200 are illustrated.
 
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