Mysteries of the rain forest: 20th century medicine man.

Pascoe, Elaine.

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Describes the experiences of an ethnobotanist in South America as he learns from Trio Indians the medicinal value of rainforest plants, and struggles to record the data before these ancient traditions vanish.

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Ethnobotany Amazon River Valley

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Plotkin, Mark J

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ISBN:

1567112293

Description:

48 pages : color illustrations

Notes:

"Produced in cooperation with WTTW Chicago and Kurtis Productions, Ltd."
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index

Control Number:

343140

Other Authors:

Kurtis Productions
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)

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