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• Title:Native American medicinal plants : an ethnobotanical dictionary / Daniel E. Moerman.
  
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• Author/Creator:Moerman, Daniel E.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Moerman, Daniel E. Native American Ethnobotany.
  
• Published/Created:Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2009.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY reference (non-circulating) (Floor 2)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: QV13 .M694 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medicinal plants--North America--Dictionaries.
  Materia medica, Vegetable--North America--Dictionaries.
  Indians of North America--Medicine--Dictionaries.
  Indians of North America--Ethnobotany--Dictionaries.
  Ethnobotany--North America--Dictionaries.
  
• Medical Subjects: Indians, North American--North America--Dictionary--English.
  Plants, Medicinal--North America--Dictionary--English.
  Ethnobotany--North America--Dictionary--English.
  
• Genre/Form:Reference works.
  Dictionaries.
  
• Description:799 pages : ill ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:In Native American Medicinal Plants, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman describes the medicinal use of more than 2700 plants by 218 Native American tribes. Information--adapted from the same research used to create the monumental Native American Ethnobotany--includes 82 categories of medicinal uses, ranging from analgesics, contraceptives, gastrointestinal aids, hypotensive medicines, sedatives, and toothache remedies. Includes extensive indexes arranged by tribe, usage, and common name. --from publisher description.
  
• Notes:Abridged version of: Native american ethnobotany / Daniel E. Moerman. c1998.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 522-527) and indexes.
  
• ISBN:9781604690354 (hardback)
  1604690356 (hardback)
  9780881929874 (pbk.)
  0881929875 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Plant use by Native Americans
  Plants used as drugs
  Appreciating the common knowledge of our past
  Sources of information on plant usages
  Drug usage categories
  Native Americans
  Organization of the information
  Scientific plant names
  Common plant names
  Ethnobotanical information
  Catalog of plants.