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Ethnobotany Books

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 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
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, & Herbcraft
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWicked Plants by Amy StewartIn the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. CarneyGifted Earth by Douglas DeurYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Ethnobotany
51 books — 13 voters
The Antidote by Barry WerthDrug Hunters by Donald R. KirschTales of a Shaman's Apprentice by Mark J. PlotkinAmerican Women Pharmacists by Metta Lou HendersonDr. NO by Louis Ignarro
Pharmacy, Pharmacists, and Pharmaceuticals
88 books — 4 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
41 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
169 books — 10 voters

Quotes Tagged “Ethnobotany”

Robin Wall Kimmerer
“ If the Sun is the source of flow in the economy of nature, what is the “Sun” of a human gift economy, the source that consonantly replenishes the flow of gifts? Maybe it is love. ”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
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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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