A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) - Softcover

Steven Foster; James A. Duke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395920663 ISBN 13: 9780395920664

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (P), 1998

Synopsis

The first comprehensive pocket-size guide to medicinal plants shows how to identify 500 of these plants. Each one is illustrated with a line drawing, and nearly half are also shown in color photos. The text includes information on where the plants are found and detailed descriptions of all their known uses, both folk remedies and those that have been scientifically proven.

About this title

About the Author:

James A. Duke (born 1929) is an American botanist. He is known for his numerous publications on botanical medicine. He is notable for developing the Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases at the USDA. James "Jim" A. Duke, Ph.D was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He received his doctorate in botany from the University of North Carolina in 1961.

From School Library Journal:

YA-- A comprehensive guide to understanding the medicinal value of plants, trees, and shrubs. The book includes a well-planned index, attractive plates and illustrations, cross-references, and interpretative symbols regarding the plants' uses. The text is well researched. Each entry gives the common and scientific name, a short description of the plant, its general location, and its utility in the field of medicine. A book for anyone interested in the outdoors and/or who has an affinity with nature, and for students who are doing research on plant life. --Jeanette M. Lippencott, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (P)
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0395920663
• ISBN 13: 9780395920664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366