Tropical Plants of Costa Rica
Tropical Plants of Costa Rica

Author: Willow Zuchowski

Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781501763076

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"This second edition is in a smaller format than the first, with additional photos and a new section on the Osa Peninsula. More than 800 photographs, taken in the field, show entire plants and closer views of flowers, fruits, and seeds. Pen-and-ink drawings depict botanical details. The text covers identifying characteristics, natural history, chemical properties, economic importance, medicinal uses, conservation, ethnobotany, and ecology"--

Rainforest Remedies
Rainforest Remedies

Author: Rosita Arvigo

Publisher: Lotus Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0914955136

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The work of Rosita Arvigo and Michael Balick to bring the knowledge of the Mayan healers to the Western reader deserves due credit. This revised and enlarged second edition includes much additional information about the major herbs in the Mayan pharmacopoeia. Their work proves that the rainforest has more value to mankind alive than cut down

Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America
Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America

Author: Julia Francis Morton

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 702

ISBN-13:

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For review see: P. Wagenaar Hummelinck, in Succulenta, maandblad van de Nederlands-Belgische vereniging van liefhebbers van cactussen en andere vetplanten, jg. 63, no. 2 (febr. 1984); p.42.