Ethnobotany is the study of plants as they relate to or are used by specific cultures. Examples may include use as food or medicine, or for spiritual or agricultural purposes.
The Journal of Ethnopharmacology, which publishes papers on medicinal and other useful indigenous plants as well as their bioactive compounds. www.ethnopharmacology.org
Brief history of Parker's role in the spread of Christian peyotism. Includes plant description and recommended reading list. www.stainblue.com/quanahparker.html
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
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
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
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
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
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
Description of plant usage by the San people in West Bushmanland (Namibia) for food, medicine, tools, and decoration. www.sigridleger.de/book/index.html
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
News, literature and research specific to Andrographis paniculata, found primarily in India. Includes distribution, cultivation and pharmacological information. www.geocities.com/andrographis
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
A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide. ethnobiology.org
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