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- Andrographis Home - News, literature and research specific to Andrographis paniculata, found primarily in India. Includes distribution, cultivation and pharmacological information.
www.geocities.com/andrographis
- Applied Research Department, Missouri Botanical Garden - Describes current research, including ethnobotany, medicinal botany, traditional uses of plants, and bioprospecting. Also: research policy, discoveries, DNA-banking, Chatham Fellowship, staff, and links.
www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/applied_research/welcome.shtml
- Botanical.com - Articles, Message Board, Links, A Modern Herbal...
www.botanical.com
- By the Prophet of the Earth - Ethnobotany of the Pima - A complete online version of the original printed book by L.S.M. Curtin.
www.uapress.arizona.edu/online.bks/prophet/titlprop.htm
- Center for International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research - Ethnobotanical resource directory includes discussion forum, listserve, project and online course information, as well as articles, publications, schools and societies of interest.
www.cieer.org/directory.html
- Centre for Economic Botany - Based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, carrying out research and providing an identification service.
www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/ecbot.html
- Dr. Andrew Weil - Brief biography of the doctor for whom psilocybe weilii was named. Includes comments on his research and data on the chemical components of the mushroom.
www.stainblue.com/andrewweil.html
- Ethno-Mycology - Promotes a book about the effects of mushrooms on culture, religion, and philosophy throughout history, as well as various events on this subject, featuring James Arthur. Includes information on psychedelic mushrooms.
jamesarthur.yage.net/mushroom.html
- Ethnobotany - From Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. Includes definition of the science, projects, special events and database of plants of the southwest region of the United States.
anthro.fortlewis.edu/ethnobotany
- Ethnobotany - Describes the discipline, its uses, consequences and the relationship to deforestation. Includes references.
kzoo.edu/~k99ke01/pfolio/Ethnobotany.html
- Ethnobotany - Access Excellence - Defines the science, explains plant classification, offers articles on medicinal and food plants of Central and South America, and proposes classroom activities for high-school biology students.
www.accessexcellence.org/RC/Ethnobotany
- Ethnobotany and Cultural Resources - List compiled by the Washington State Department of Transportation describing useful plants found during highway improvements. Includes plant description, photo, habitat and use.
www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/environmental/programs/culres/ethbot/Ethnobotany.htm
- Ethnobotany Bibliography - A suggested introductory reading list from the Centre for Economic Botany, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/eblinks/ethnobook.html
- Ethnobotany Garden - Defines the role of plants in society. Includes articles, discussion forum and related links.
ethnobotany.yage.net
- Ethnobotany of the Middle Columbia River Native Americans - Traditional uses of native plants in central Washington state. Includes subsistence patterns, land use, fibers, textiles, and building materials.
www.cwnp.org/ethnobot2.html
- Ethnobotany of Wild Plant Foods - Describes the science and offers resource links, bibliography and list of online databases.
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/profiles/smason/smethnob.htm
- Ethnobotany Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. - A list of courses available, information for students and a recommended reading list.
www.botany.hawaii.edu/ethnobotany
- Ethnobotany Program at the University of Kent at Canterbury - Describes the Master of Science courses, staff, projects and funding. Includes contact information for applicants or inquiries.
www.ukc.ac.uk/anthropology/courses/pgethno.html
- Ethnomedicinals for Research and Development - Information on the use of herbs and other natural products in biochemistry, pharmacology, and traditional medicine.
walden.mo.net/~tonytork
- Etnobotanica Napoli 2001 - Details from the third international congress of ethnobotany held in Naples, Italy between 22nd and 30th September 2001, including abstracts of presentations.
www.ortobotanico.unina.it/congress
- Herb Discussion - Message board dedicated to the discussion of plants, their uses, and how they relate to cultures.
208.33.92.189/servlets/sfs?t=messageOverview&i=953568555281&b=953568555281&c=Default&l=0&customerID=guest&FormID=953664222765
- Indian Medicinal Plants - Full text of book "Database of Medicinal Plants" by Dr. C. Kameswara Rao of Bangalore University.
www.indmedplants-kr.org
- International Society for Ethnopharmacology - The Journal of Ethnopharmacology, which publishes papers on medicinal and other useful indigenous plants as well as their bioactive compounds.
www.etnobotanica.de/ISEhomepage.html
- Laboratory of Ethnobotany - Houses collections of domesticated plants from around the world as well as specimens recovered from archaeological sites. Laboratory reports available for download in Adobe .pdf format, sorted by report number or locale.
www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/Ethnobotany/Ethnobotany.html
- Machiguenga - An ethnobotanical study of eastern Peru.
www.montana.com/manu
- Medicinal Plants and Ethnobotany of India - Comprehensive annotated catalogue of books including complete table of contents and jacket excerpts.
www.vedamsbooks.com/medicina.htm
- Medicinal Plants, Indigenous Knowledge and Benefit Sharing - Details about an international conference at The Hague, Netherlands to be held between 16th April 2002 and 19th April 2002.
www.czp.cuni.cz/en/info/pokus.asp?Kod=871
- Minnesota Ethnobotany - Describes both food and medicinal uses of plants, listed alphabetically by scientific name.
www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/ethnoarchaeology/ethnobotany
- Native American Ethnobotany Database - Search for plants used for foods, drugs, dyes, and fibers of native North American peoples. Results return list of uses, with references.
www.umd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/herb
- Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge - Describes healing plants used by northern Plains Indians, including photos. Also contains links to databases, books and teacher resources.
indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/food/plants.html
- People and Plants - A partnership between the WWF and UNESCO, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, producing a programme of capacity-building in ethnobotany applied to conservation and the sustainable use of plant resources.
www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants
- Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - Search plants by chemical, activity or ethnobotanical use. Includes list of browsable databases and rainforest information.
www.ars-grin.gov/duke
- PlantaCultura - Includes forum, conservation information, documentation, traditional uses and meanings and suggestions for practical use. [Available in English, German or Spanish]
www.plantacultura.org
- Psilocybe cubensis/Psilocybe subcubensis - Materia medica of the psychoactive mushroom used by natives of subtropical regions.
www.stainblue.com/cubensis.html
- Quanah Parker/Peyote - Brief history of Parker's role in the spread of Christian peyotism. Includes plant description and recommended reading list.
www.stainblue.com/quanahparker.html
- Sacred Earth Ethnobotany - Articles, resources, and links.
www.sacredearth.com/ethnobotany.htm
- Society for Economic Botany - Fosters scientific research, education, and related activities on the past, present, and future uses of plants, and the relationship between plants and people.
www.econbot.org
- Society of Ethnobiology - A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide.
ethnobiology.org
- The Hidden Gifts of Nature by Sigrid Leger - Description of plant usage by the San people in West Bushmanland (Namibia) for food, medicine, tools, and decoration.
www.sigridleger.de/book/index.html
- The Story of Ix Chel Farms and the Panti Medicinal Trail - Describes Dr. Rosita Arvigo's studies and work with tropical plants and traditional healing in Belize.
www.belize.com/treasures/ixchel.htm
- Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary - Alphabetical listing by scientific name. Includes brief descriptions of usage and identifies cultures in which each plant is of interest.
www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/index.html
- Tropical Plant Database - Searchable list of plants from the Amazon rainforest, by common or botanical name, action, ailment, properties or ethnic uses.
www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
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