Ethnobotany of Pohnpei : plants, people, and island culture

Ethnobotany of Pohnpei : plants, people, and island culture / compiled and edited by Michael J. Balick.

Other author/creator	Balick, Michael J., 1952-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press; [New York] : New York Botanical Garden, ©2009.
Description	xi, 585 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Ethnobotany--Micronesia (Federated States) --Pohnpei. Traditional medicine--Micronesia (Federated States) --Pohnpei. Plants, Useful--Micronesia (Federated States) --Pohnpei.

Contents	Plants and people of Pohnpei: an overview / Michael J. Balick ... [et al.] -- Yams and their traditional cultivation on Pohnpei / Bill Raynor, Adelino Lorens, and Jackson Phillip -- Breadfruit and its traditional cultivation and use on Pohnpei / Diane Ragone and Bill Raynor -- Banana: an essential traditional crop on Pohnpei / Lois Englberger ... [et al.] -- Taro: an important Pohnpei staple food / Lois Englberger ... [et al.] -- The sacred root: sakau en Pohnpei / Michael J. Balick and Roberta A. Lee -- Traditional medicine, Pohnpei, and its integration / Roberta A. Lee -- Local uses of plants and fungi on Pohnpei: an ethnobotanical compendium / Elipiana Albert ... [et al.] -- Checklist of the vascular plants of Pohnpei / David H. Lorence and Timothy Flynn.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008031255
ISBN	9780824832933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0824832930 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GN 476.73 .E86 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold