Vol 7 (2009)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Quantitative Ethnobotany or Quantification in Ethnobotany? PDF
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque 1-3

Research

Indigenous Use and Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants in Far-West Nepal PDF
Ripu M. Kunwar, Y. Uprety, C. Burlakoti, C. L. Chowdhary, Rainer W. Bussmann 5-28
Becoming A Traditional Medicinal Plant Healer: Divergent Views of Practicing and Young Healers on Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge Skills in India PDF
Shailesh Shukla, A. John Sinclair 39-51
Uses of Local Plant Species by Agropastoralists in South-western Niger PDF
Augustine Abioye Ayantunde, Pierre Hiernaux, Mirjam Briejer, Henk Udo, Ramadjita Tabo 53-66
Kam Guilzhouh nyim Guangxxih di Benxtux Wenchual nyim Zihyuanc dih Gonxliix: Kam Local Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Resource Management in Guizhou and Guangxi Provinces, China PDF
Amy Eisenberg, Paul John Amato, Deng Tao 67-113
Ethnobotany of the Genus Artemisia L. (Asteraceae) in Pakistan PDF
Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Mir Ajab Khan, Muhammad Ashraf, Shazia Jabeen 147-162
Special Issue: History of Banana Domestication PDF
Tim Denham, Edmond De Langhe, Luc Vrydaghs 163-164
Why Bananas Matter: An introduction to the history of banana domestication PDF
Edmond De Langhe, Luc Vrydaghs, Pierre de Maret, Xavier Perrier, Tim Denham 165-177
Bananas and People in the Homeland of Genus Musa: Not just pretty fruit PDF
Jean Kennedy 179-197
Combining Biological Approaches to Shed Light on the Evolution of Edible Bananas PDF
Xavier Perrier 199-216
Going Bananas in Papua New Guinea: A preliminary study of starch granule morphotypes in Musaceae fruit PDF
Carol J. Lentfer 217-238
Differentiating the Volcaniform Phytoliths of Bananas: Musa acuminata PDF
Luc Vrydaghs, Terry Ball, H. Volkaert, Ines van den Houwe, J. Manwaring, Edmond De Langhe 239-246
Tracing Domestication and Cultivation of Bananas from Phytoliths: An update from Papua New Guinea PDF
Carol J. Lentfer 247-270
Relevance of Banana Seeds in Archaeology PDF
Edmond De Langhe 271-281
Impressions of Banana Pseudostem in Iron Slag from Eastern Africa PDF
Louise Iles 283-291
Banana (Musa spp.) Domestication in the Asia-Pacific Region: Linguistic and archaeobotanical perspectives PDF
Mark Donohue, Tim Denham 293-332
Banana Cultivation in South Asia and East Asia: A review of the evidence from archaeology and linguistics PDF
Dorian Q. Fuller, Marco Madella 333-351
Early Bananas in Africa: The state of the art PDF
Katharina Neumann, Elisabeth Hildebrand 353-362
Bananas and Plantains in Africa: Re-interpreting the linguistic evidence PDF
Roger Blench 363-380
The Ethnobotany of Teeth Blackening in Southeast Asia PDF
Thomas Josef Zumbroich 381-398
From Chamomile to Aspirin? Medicinal plant use among clients at laboratorios Beal in Trujillo, Peru PDF
Rainer W. Bussmann, Douglas Sharon, M. Garcia 399-407
Uncultivated plants and livelihood support –a case study from the Chepang people of Nepal PDF
Kamal Aryal, Åke Berg, Britta Ogle 409-422

Photo Essay

Botany Segue: A Photo Essay PDF
Valentina Savo, Y. Han Lau, Will C. McClatchey, David Reedy, Al Keali`i Chock, Kim W. Bridges, Zak Ritchey 123-134
“Segues” in Botanica: una documentazione fotografica PDF
Valentina Savo, Y. Han Lau, Will C. McClatchey, David Reedy, Al Keali`i Chock, Kim W. Bridges, Zak Ritchey 135-146

Education

Are Our Students Taxonomically Challenged or Not? Data PDF
Han Lau, Will C. McClatchey, David Reedy, Al Kealii Chock, Kim W. Bridges, Zak Ritchey 29-37
Primroses versus Spruces: Cultural differences between flora depicted in British and Polish children's books PDF
Łukasz Łuczaj 115-121


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