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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: ENG Publication details: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press New York New York Botanical Garden 2009Description: 585 p. ill., photographs 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780824832933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 581.630966 22
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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.
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MAIN LIBRARY Noumea 581.630966 BAL 2009 Available 42552
MAIN LIBRARY Pohnpei 581.630966 BAL 2009 Available 200767

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.