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Ethnobotany

The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ETHNOMEDICINE and ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, the emphasis is on traditional… 
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BotanyEducational aspectsEthnopharmacologyMedicine, Traditional

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Health in a Pot—The Ethnobotany of Emolientes and Emolienteros in Peru
William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, EE.UU Herbario Nacional de Bolivia… 
2013
2013
Ethnobotany and folk medicinal uses of major trees and shrubs in Northern Iran
This research was carried out to introduce important useful plants and their medicinal characteristics in Heyrat indigenous… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
The phytochemistry and ethnobotany of the southern African genus Eucomis (Hyacinthaceae: Hyacinthoideae).
The endemic African genus Eucomis (Hyacinthaceae) has long been one of the most highly regarded sources of ethnomedicines in… 
2001
2001
Contributions to the ethnobotany of the Cup'it Eskimo, Nunivak Island, Alaska
-Ethnobotanical information on the Native use of 47 spedes of indigenous plants on Nunivak Island, Alaska is presented. Changes… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
People, plants and practice in drylands : socio-political and ecological dimensions of resource-use by Damara farmers in north-west Namibia
Current discourse regarding the use and management of natural resources in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa is inspired by… 
1997
1997
At the Desert's Green Edge: An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima
The Akimel O'odham, or Pima Indians, of the northern Sonoran Desert continue to make their home along Arizona's Gila River… 
1988
1988
Conservation, Ethnobotany, and the Search for New Jungle Medicines: Pharmacognosy Comes of Age … Again
Through most of man's history, botany and medicine were, for all practical purposes, synonymous fields of knowledge, and the… 
1988
1988
Ethnobotany of coniferous trees in Thompson and Lillooet interior salish of British Columbia
All 17 species of conifers (and one taxad) occurring within the traditional territories of the Thompson and Lillooet Interior… 
1984
1984
Ethnobotany of chumash indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington
At least 150 plant species were used for food, medicine, material culture, and religious practices by the Chumash Indians of… 
1978
1978
Paleoethnobotanical Indicators of Prehistoric Environmental Disturbance: A Case Study in The Nature and Status of Ethnobotany.
Interets de l'etude des charbons de bois et des semences prehistoriques. Exemple du site de la vallee du Rio Mimbres dans son… 
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