Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture 9780824837495

Ethnobotany of Pohnpei examines the relationship between plants, people, and traditional culture on Pohnpei, one of the

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Primary Collectors
Chapter One: Plants and People of Pohnpei: An Overview
Chapter Two: Yams and their Traditional Cultivation on Pohnpei
Chapter Three: Breadfruit and its Traditional Cultivation and Use on Pohnpei
Chapter Four: Banana: An Essential Traditional Crop on Pohnpei
Chapter Five: Taro: An Important Pohnpei Staple Food
Chapter Six: The Sacred Root: Sakau en Pohnpei
Chapter Seven: Traditional Medicine, Pohnpei, and its Integration
Chapter Eight: Local Uses of Plants and Fungi on Pohnpei: An Ethnobotanical Compendium
Chapter Nine: Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Pohnpei
Index

Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture
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