Ethnobotany


Native American Ethnobotany
Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers
Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest
One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline
Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft
Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic
Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources
Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, & Herbcraft
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
FIFTY YEARS OF READING
178 books — 67 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWicked Plants by Amy  StewartIn the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. CarneyGinseng Dreams by Kristin JohannsenSaving Planet Earth by Tony Juniper
Ethnobotany
51 books — 13 voters

Sea People by Christina ThompsonCook  by Nicholas ThomasWe, the Navigators by David        LewisPacific Worlds by Matt K. MatsudaThe Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific by Geoffrey Irwin
Pacific Non-Fiction
170 books — 10 voters
The Perfect Poison by Amanda QuickTo Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia QuinnGhost Hunter by Jayne CastleRiver of Eden by Glenna McReynoldsThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Green: Botanists in Romance Novels
42 books — 13 voters


Edward Flaherty
Once you go plant, you never go back.
Edward Flaherty, The 23 Club

Robin Wall Kimmerer
Ethnobotanists know that the more names a plant has, the greater its cultural importance.
Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

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