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.
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- A Modern Herbal First published in 1931 by Mrs. M. Grieve, the online version of this book contains medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs.
- Plants for a Future Resource centre for edible, medicinal, and other useful plants.
- Machiguenga An ethnobotanical study of eastern Peru.
- 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.
- 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.
- Quanah Parker/Peyote Brief history of Parker's role in the spread of Christian peyotism. Includes plant description and recommended reading list.
- Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases Search plants by chemical, activity or ethnobotanical use. Includes list of browsable databases and rainforest information.
- Psilocybe cubensis/Psilocybe subcubensis Materia medica of the psychoactive mushroom used by natives of subtropical regions.
- Tropical Plant Database Searchable list of plants from the Amazon rainforest, by common or botanical name, action, ailment, properties or ethnic uses.
- Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary Alphabetical listing by scientific name. Includes brief descriptions of usage and identifies cultures in which each plant is of interest.
- Sacred Earth Ethnobotany Articles, resources, and links.
- 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.
- 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.
- Society of Ethnobiology A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide.
- International Society for Ethnopharmacology The Journal of Ethnopharmacology, which publishes papers on medicinal and other useful indigenous plants as well as their bioactive compounds.
- Ethnomedicinals for Research and Development Information on the use of herbs and other natural products in biochemistry, pharmacology, and traditional medicine.
- Patalkot The ethnobotanical work of Dr. Deepak Acharya, including full text of papers and pictures of Patalkot valley, India.
- 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.
- By the Prophet of the Earth - Ethnobotany of the Pima A complete online version of the original printed book by L.S.M. Curtin.
- Flora Ontario Integrated Botanical Information System FOIBIS is a searchable database of more than 4700 species, including vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. It includes information on ethnobotanical uses.
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge Prior Art Database An index and search engine of existing Internet-based, public domain documentation concerning indigenous knowledge and plant species uses.
- Central Africa Medicinal Plants Database A searchable and browsable medicinal plant database for uses of traditional veterinarian and human medicines in Africa.
- Ethnobotany Research and Applications E-Journal A free online journal of current research in ethnobotany.
- Flora Celtica A database of flora in the Celtic countries and regions of Europe. It includes traditional knowledge and uses of plants.
- Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany Bibliography A comprehensive bibliography of ethnobotanical literature, listed by author and subject grouping.
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine An open access, online journal of ethnosciences. Includes topics in medicinal and cultural uses of plants.
- Ethnobotany Information from Wikipedia on this branch of botany that studies the relationships that exist between people and plants.
- A Library of Western Amazonia Ethnobotany, Shamanism and Ayahuasca A variety of articles exploring ethnobotany and shamanic healing practices in western Amazonia.
- Ethno-Mycology of the World Provides an overview of fungi and includes information on their use as tools, for food and in medicine and their psychoactive properties.
- BioFiC-Planta / EtnobotCat Group of researchers from the Botanical Institute of Barcelona and the Université de Paris-Sud. Research covers two main themes, biosystematics and ethnobotanical studies. Spanish and English.
- Ethnobotany Bibliography A suggested introductory reading list from the Centre for Economic Botany, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.