Title Potions, poisons, and panaceas : an ethnobotanical study of Montserrat / David E. Brussell ; foreword by Richard Evans Schultes ; preface by J.-P. Theurillat

Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps Contents Foreword / Richard Evans Schultes -- Preface / J.-P. Theurillat -- Map 1. The Caribbean Region -- Map 2. Montserrat -- Description of the Study Area -- Ethnobotanical Uses and Specific Discussion -- Appendix. A Plant Collection from Montserrat Summary In this complete ethnobotanical study of the flora of the Caribbean island of Montserrat, David Eric Brussell provides an engaging scientific catalog that is rich in information about the plants and the integral part they play in Caribbean culture, economy, history, and folklore. Including twenty-four color plates and fifty-two black-and-white photographs, this book contains an exhaustive list of 378 botanical entries, featuring 282 species of ethonobotanically important plants and representing seventy-eight families. Recent eruptions of the Soutfriere Hills volcano on Montserrat have made the data collected for this book especially important Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Ethnobotany -- Montserrat Botany -- Montserrat Plants, Useful -- Montserrat Traditional medicine -- Montserrat Medicinal plants. Botany, Medical. Poisonous plants. Ethnobotany. Plants, Medicinal Plants, Toxic Medicine, Traditional Ethnobotany SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany. Poisonous plants Medicinal plants Botany, Medical Botany Ethnobotany Manners and customs Plants, Useful Traditional medicine Pflanzen Volkskunde Nutzpflanzen Heilpflanzen Etnobotanie. Ethnic & Race Studies. Gender & Ethnic Studies. Social Sciences. Ethnomédecine -- Montserrat, île. Ethnobotanique -- Montserrat, île. Plantes utiles -- Montserrat, île. Botanique -- Montserrat, île. SUBJECT Montserrat -- Social life and customs West Indies Subject Montserrat Montserrat Insel Montserrat, île -- Moeurs et coutumes. Form Electronic book LC no. 90025873 ISBN 0585147582 9780585147581

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