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Ethnobotany of the Middle Columbia River Native Americans
Traditional uses of native plants in central Washington state. Includes subsistence patterns, land use, fibers, textiles, and building materials.
http://www.cwnp.org/ethnobot2.html
Ethnobotany Bibliography
A suggested introductory reading list from the Centre for Economic Botany, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/eblinks/e...
Quanah Parker/Peyote
Brief history of Parker's role in the spread of Christian peyotism. Includes plant description and recommended reading list.
http://www.stainblue.com/quanahparker.html
Sacred Earth Ethnobotany
Articles, resources, and links.
http://www.sacredearth.com/ethnobotany.htm
Ethnobotany Garden
Defines the role of plants in society. Includes articles, discussion forum and related links.
http://ethnobotany.yage.net/
Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge
Describes healing plants used by northern Plains Indians, including photos. Also contains links to databases, books, and teacher resources.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/plants.html
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Prior Art Database
An index and search engine of existing Internet-based, public domain documentation concerning indigenous knowledge and plant species uses.
http://ip.aaas.org/tekindex.nsf
By the Prophet of the Earth - Ethnobotany of the Pima
A complete online version of the original printed book by L.S.M. Curtin.
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/onlinebks/p...
A Certain Herb Called Coca
A study of coca's role in Andean society and its under-valuation by scholars.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlvoris/the...
Andrographis Home
News, literature and research specific to Andrographis paniculata, found primarily in India. Includes distribution, cultivation and pharmacological information.
http://www.geocities.com/andrographis/
Ethnobotany of Wild Plant Foods
Describes the science and offers resource links, bibliography and list of online databases.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/...
Society of Ethnobiology
A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide.
http://ethnobiology.org/
Native American Ethnobotany Database
Search for plants used for foods, drugs, dyes, and fibers of native North American peoples. Results return list of uses, with references.
http://www.umd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/herb
Plants of the Machiguenga
A combination travelogue and scientific inquiry into medicinal uses of rain forest plants. Neurologist Ethan Russo examines the people and wildlife of this Amazonian tribe in Parque Nacional del Manu.
http://manu.montana.com/
Indian Herbal Research and Methods
Articles by Dr.Pankaj Oudhia detailing his research and observation of plants and their medicinal uses native to Chhattisgarh, India and surrounding regions.
http://botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/p...
Minnesota Ethnobotany
Describes both food and medicinal uses of plants, listed alphabetically by scientific name.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/ethno...
Ethnobotany Program at the University of Kent at Canterbury
Describes the Master of Science courses, staff, projects and funding. Includes contact information for applicants or inquiries.
http://www.ukc.ac.uk/anthropology/courses/...
Tropical Plant Database
Searchable list of plants from the Amazon rainforest, by common or botanical name, action, ailment, properties or ethnic uses.
http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
Laboratory of Ethnobotany
Houses collections of domesticated plants from around the world as well as specimens recovered from archaeological sites. Laboratory reports available for download in Adobe .pdf format, sorted by report number or locale.
http://www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/Ethnobotany/...
Amazon Conservation Team
Works in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health, and culture in tropical America.
http://www.ethnobotany.org/
Ethnomedicinals for Research and Development
Information on the use of herbs and other natural products in biochemistry, pharmacology, and traditional medicine.
http://ethnomedicinals.com/
Ix Chel Farms and the Panti Medicinal Trail
Describes Dr. Rosita Arvigo's studies and work with tropical plants and traditional healing in Belize.
http://www.belize.com/ixchel.html
Ethno-Mycology
Promotes a book about the effects of mushrooms on culture, religion, and philosophy throughout history, as well as various events on this subject, featuring James Arthur. Includes information on psychedelic mushrooms.
http://jamesarthur.yage.net/mushroom.html
Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary
Alphabetical listing by scientific name. Includes brief descriptions of usage and identifies cultures in which each plant is of interest.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/ti...
Ethnobotanical Leaflets
Web journal with information on ethnobotanical projects and organizations and links.
http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/
Ethnobotany Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
A list of courses available, information for students and a recommended reading list.
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/ethnobotany/
Ethnobotany
From Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. Includes definition of the science, projects, special events and database of plants of the southwest region of the United States.
http://anthro.fortlewis.edu/ethnobotany/
International Society for Ethnopharmacology
The Journal of Ethnopharmacology, which publishes papers on medicinal and other useful indigenous plants as well as their bioactive compounds.
http://www.ethnopharmacology.org/
Patalkot
The ethnobotanical work of Dr. Deepak Acharya, including full text of papers and pictures of Patalkot valley, India.
http://dracharya.tripod.com/patal
Society for Economic Botany
Fosters scientific research, education, and related activities on the past, present, and future uses of plants, and the relationship between plants and people.
http://www.econbot.org/
Etnobotanica Napoli 2001
Details from the third international congress of ethnobotany held in Naples, Italy between 22nd and 30th September 2001, including abstracts of presentations.
http://www.ortobotanico.unina.it/congress/
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Search plants by chemical, activity or ethnobotanical use. Includes list of browsable databases and rainforest information.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
Center for International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research
Ethnobotanical resource directory includes discussion forum, listserve, project and online course information, as well as articles, publications, schools and societies of interest.
http://www.cieer.org/directory.html
People and Plants Online
The People and Plants Initiative, involving WWF, UNESCO, and Kew Gardens, working on applied research projects, community workshops, exchanges and training courses with young ethnobotanists.
http://peopleandplants.org/
Ethnobotany - Access Excellence
Defines the science, explains plant classification, offers articles on medicinal and food plants of Central and South America, and proposes classroom activities for high-school biology students.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/Ethnobo...
Plants for a Future
Resource centre for edible, medicinal, and other useful plants.
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Research Department, Missouri Botanical Garden
Describes current research, including ethnobotany, medicinal botany, traditional uses of plants, and bioprospecting. Also: research policy, discoveries, DNA-banking, Chatham Fellowship, staff, and links.
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/
Psilocybe cubensis/Psilocybe subcubensis
Materia medica of the psychoactive mushroom used by natives of subtropical regions.
http://www.stainblue.com/cubensis.html
Ethnobotany and Cultural Resources
List compiled by the Washington State Department of Transportation describing useful plants found during highway improvements. Includes plant description, photo, habitat and use.
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/environment/culres...
A Modern Herbal
First published in 1931 by Mrs. M. Grieve, the online version of this work contains medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs.
http://www.botanical.com/
Economic Botany at Kew
A useful set of web links to research, information, collections and educations sites. Based at the RBG Kew website.
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/ecbot.htm...
The Hidden Gifts of Nature by Sigrid Leger
Description of plant usage by the San people in West Bushmanland (Namibia) for food, medicine, tools, and decoration.
http://www.sigridleger.de/book/index.html
Dr. Andrew Weil
Brief biography of the doctor for whom psilocybe weilii was named. Includes comments on his research and data on the chemical components of the mushroom.
http://www.stainblue.com/andrewweil.html
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