ISBN:
9780195370010
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 247 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke : Its Ethnobotany as Hallucinogen, Perfume, Incense, and Medicine
DDC:
581.6/3
Keywords:
Ethnobotany
;
Smoke
;
Ethnobotany..
;
Smoke
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Plants provide the food, shelter, medicines, and biomass that underlie sustainable life. One of the earliest and often overlooked uses of plants is the production of smoke, dating to the time of early hominid species. Plant-derived smoke has had an enormous socio-economic impact throughout human history, being burned for medicinal and recreational purposes, magico-religious ceremonies, pest control, food preservation, and flavoring, perfumes, and incense. This illustrated global compendium documents and describes approximately 2,000 global uses for over 1,400 plant species. The Uses and Abuses
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Introduction; List of Plants; References; Glossary; Species Index; Subject index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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