Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica write by Ina Vandebroek. This book was released on 2020-12-05. Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book highlights the results from over a year of ethnobotanical research in a rural and an urban community in Jamaica, where we interviewed more than 100 people who use medicinal plants for healthcare. The goal of this research was to better understand patterns of medicinal plant knowledge, and to find out which plants are used in consensus by local people for a variety of illnesses. For this book, we selected 25 popular medicinal plant species mentioned during fieldwork. Through individual interviews, we were able to rank plants according to their frequency of mention, and categorized the medicinal uses for each species as “major” (mentioned by more than 20% of people in a community) or “minor” (mentioned by more than 5%, but less than 20% of people). Botanical identification of plant specimens collected in the wild allowed for cross-linking of common and scientific plant names. To supplement field research, we undertook a comprehensive search and review of the ethnobotanical and biomedical literature. Our book summarizes all this information in detail under specific sub-headings.
Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica
Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica write by Ina Vandebroek. This book was released on 2016. Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Common Medicinal Plants of Portland, Jamaica
Common Medicinal Plants of Portland, Jamaica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Common Medicinal Plants of Portland, Jamaica write by Michael B. Thomas. This book was released on 2010-03-01. Common Medicinal Plants of Portland, Jamaica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jamaica has a high degree of biological and cultural diversity. Roughly, 3000 species of plants grow on the island, with 25 percent of them being found nowhere else on Earth. The Maroons of Jamaica represent one of the most important cultural groups. The history of the Maroons of Jamaica has African roots and begins in the year 1690, when a small number of slaves that had been brought from the Komoranti nation in Africa (the Akan region of West Africa or present day Ghana) fled from the hardships of plantation life and migrated to the mountains. Here they found freedom and a new autonomous way of life. Having established themselves in small communities, these forest freemen and women became known simply as Maroons, a title taken from the Spanish word cimaron, meaning wild or unruly.Today, two distinct Maroon groups persist in Jamaica, namely the Winward (eastern) and Leeward Maroons (western). Although, they have survived more than three centuries of colonization, today they continue to face new challenges - that of cultural erosion and integration into Jamaican society. Despite rapid change, a result of the exposure to non-Maroon society, Maroon communities have maintained many aspects of their traditional practices especially the use of local and introduced plants as medicines. Although, there has been no comprehensive study of Maroon ethnobotany, it is widely recognized that they possess a well developed traditional knowledge of the uses of Jamaica?s flora. This study presents some of this knowledge, and includes the common medicinal plants utilized by the Winward Maroons of Portland. This publication represents only a small fraction of the plants the Maroons use. It is hoped that this research can serve as an initial baseline for further documentation and Maroon cultural preservation.
Medicinal Plants of Jamaica
Medicinal Plants of Jamaica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medicinal Plants of Jamaica write by G. F. Asprey. This book was released on 1953. Medicinal Plants of Jamaica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Medicinal Plants of East Africa
Medicinal Plants of East Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medicinal Plants of East Africa write by J. O. Kokwaro. This book was released on 2009. Medicinal Plants of East Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Medicinal Plants of East Africa is a revised edition of the book first published in 1976 on herbal remedies and he traditional medical practice of East Africa. The book covers the rich diversity of plants found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, from sea to alpine plants. East Africa also has a rich ethnic diversity and a large number of herbalists whose traditional knowledge and practices are also covered in the book. Over 1500 species are described and for the first time over 200 of these herbs have been illustrated. Also included are maps detailing where the herbs were collected and an ethnographic map detailing the tribes of each herbalist whose knowledge is contained in the book. John Kokwaro is an Eminent Professor of Botany and a research specialist on herbal remedies at the University of Nairobi.
