Ethnobotany Botany Biology

Ethnobotany Botany Biology

Ethnobotany is the study of plants as they relate to or are used by specific cultures. Examples may include use as food or medicine, or for spiritual or agricultural purposes.

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Amazon Conservation Team - Works in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health, and culture in tropical America.
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.
Medicinal plants - Provides photographs and descriptions of a range of plants believed to have medicinal properties. Almost all our present medicines are derived from research on medicinal plants.
Minnesota Ethnobotany - Describes both food and medicinal uses of plants, listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Economic Importance and Ethnobotany of Palm Trees - Includes articles on the various ethnobotanical uses of palm trees.
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.
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.
Ethnobotanical Leaflets - An international web journal for ethnobotanical research articles.
Tropical Plant Database - Searchable list of plants from the Amazon rainforest, by common or botanical name, action, ailment, properties or ethnic uses.
A Certain Herb Called Coca - A study of coca's role in Andean society and its under-valuation by scholars.
Ethnobotany Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. - A list of courses available, information for students and a recommended reading list.
Flora Ontario Integrated Botanical Information System - FOIBIS is a searchable database of more than 4700 species, including vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. It includes information on ethnobotanical uses.
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.
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.
International Society for Ethnopharmacology - The Journal of Ethnopharmacology, which publishes papers on medicinal and other useful indigenous plants as well as their bioactive compounds.
Mongabay Ethnobotany Blog - A news blog on ethnobotany from an environmental science and conservation news site.
Botanical.com - Articles, Message Board, Links, A Modern Herbal...
By the Prophet of the Earth - Ethnobotany of the Pima - A complete online version of the original printed book by L.S.M. Curtin.
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.
People and Plants - A partnership between the WWF and UNESCO, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, producing a programme of capacity-building in ethnobotany applied to conservation and the sustainable use of plant resources.
Centre for Economic Botany - Based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, carrying out research and providing an identification service.
Andrographis Home - News, literature and research specific to Andrographis paniculata, found primarily in India. Includes distribution, cultivation and pharmacological information.
Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary - Alphabetical listing by scientific name. Includes brief descriptions of usage and identifies cultures in which each plant is of interest.
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.
Ethnobotany Research and Applications E-Journal - A free online journal of current research in ethnobotany.
Ethnobotany - Information from Wikipedia on this branch of botany that studies the relationships that exist between people and plants.
Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge - Describes healing plants used by northern Plains Indians, including photos. Also contains links to databases, books, and teacher resources.
Ethnomedicinals for Research and Development - Information on the use of herbs and other natural products in biochemistry, pharmacology, and traditional medicine.
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.
Sacred Earth Ethnobotany - Articles, resources, and links.
The African Journal of Ethnobiology - AJE is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of ethnoscientific information and related activities providing access to books, full text articles, research reports and abstracts.
Quanah Parker/Peyote - Brief history of Parker's role in the spread of Christian peyotism. Includes plant description and recommended reading list.
Psilocybe cubensis/Psilocybe subcubensis - Materia medica of the psychoactive mushroom used by natives of subtropical regions.
Plants for a Future - Resource centre for edible, medicinal, and other useful plants.
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.
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.
Central Africa Medicinal Plants Database - A searchable and browsable medicinal plant database for uses of traditional veterinarian and human medicines in Africa.
Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database - A database of plants traditionally used in Hawaiian culture, with specific information on medicinal and non-medicinal uses. Listed by Hawaiian names or by species names.
Plant Interactions - A scientific resource for information on biodiversity, conservation, plant utilization, indigenous knowledge systems and culture.
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - Search plants by chemical, activity or ethnobotanical use. Includes list of browsable databases and rainforest information.
Ethnobotany Bibliography - A suggested introductory reading list from the Centre for Economic Botany, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany Bibliography - A comprehensive bibliography of ethnobotanical literature, listed by author and subject grouping.
Patalkot - The ethnobotanical work of Dr. Deepak Acharya, including full text of papers and pictures of Patalkot valley, India.
Flora Celtica - A database of flora in the Celtic countries and regions of Europe. It includes traditional knowledge and uses of plants.
Machiguenga - An ethnobotanical study of eastern Peru.
A Library of Western Amazonia Ethnobotany, Shamanism and Ayahuasca - A variety of articles exploring ethnobotany and shamanic healing practices in western Amazonia.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - An open access, online journal of ethnosciences. Includes topics in medicinal and cultural uses of plants.
Society of Ethnobiology - A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide.

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