Florida ethnobotany : Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona : with more than 500 species illustrated by Penelope N. Honychurch [and others] / Daniel F. Austin
Book cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Disclaimer/Warning/Caveat; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Author; Contents; People and Plants; The Ethnobotany; References; Index
Summary
This indispensable reference tool is a compilation of the ethnobotany of Florida. Emphasizing tropical plants, which are rarely covered in North American botany texts, it provides a cross-cultural study of the plants shared by different floras and peoples. It provides synopses for all native plants used by indigenous tribes in the southeast United States, including common names and their translations, which are cross-referenced to their technical names. It includes details of how each plant was used, ranging from daily utilitarian use, such as dyes, fibers, and wood, to medicinal, food and rel
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-805) and index
