| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 365 pages) : color illustrations, 1 map |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Ferns and fern allies; Flowering plants; Dicotyledons; Colour plates; Glossary; Index of scientific names; Index of Fijian and local names |
| Summary |
This comprehensive and up-to-date compilation presents the available reports on the medicinal use of Fijian plants in an attractive and readable form using 'everyday' terms as much as possible. The book covers the origin and dispersal of plants, literature, use of medicinal plants within traditional Fijian culture, diseases of Fiji, and medicinal chemicals from plants. Four hundred and fifty plant species are described. The entries for species are arranged by plant family, and give current botanical name, Fijian or local name, brief botanical notes, medicinal uses and chemistry. Separate ind |
| Analysis |
Medicinal plants |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Medicinal plants -- Fiji
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Materia medica, Vegetable -- Fiji
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Plants, Medicinal
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Herbal Medicine
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Medicinal plants
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Plantes médicinales -- Fidji.
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Geneeskrachtige planten.
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Phytothérapie -- Fidji.
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Plantes médicinales -- Fidji.
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| SUBJECT |
Fiji |
| Subject |
Fiji
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ash, J. (Julian Edward), 1950-
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| ISBN |
9780643100978 |
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0643100970 |
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6613156698 |
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9786613156693 |
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9780643102958 |
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0643102957 |
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