Fijian medicinal plants:
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Main Author: Cambie, R. C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [East Melbourne, Vic., Australia] CSIRO Australia ©1994
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description: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
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Ferns and fern allies; Flowering plants; Dicotyledons; Colour plates; Glossary; Index of scientific names; Index of Fijian and local names
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 365 pages)
ISBN:0643054049
0643100970
9780643054042
9780643100978

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