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Ecosymbiotic Complementarity, an Old Theory Applicable in Today’s Ethnobiological Studies Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Elisa Lotero-Velásquez, Andrea Martínez-Ballesté, Alejandro Casas, Ernesto Vicente Vega Peña
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Is Australian Flora Unsuitable for the Bow-and-Arrow? Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Nicholas George
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Special Issue: Ethnobotany for the Future: Theory, Methods, and Social Engagement (Part 1) Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Ina Vandebroek, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
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Unraveling Sustainability in Brazilian Ethnobotany: An Analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Patricia A Ferrari, Sofia Zank, Natalia Hanazaki
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Functional Traits Drive the Selection of Plant Species Used by Agropastoralists in the Brazilian Semiarid Region Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Maiara Bezerra Ramos, Humberto Araújo de Almeida, Sonaly Silva da Cunha, Maria Gracielle Rodrigues Maciel, Kamila Marques Pedrosa, Jorge A. Meave, Sérgio de Faria Lopes
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Usage Patterns and Conservation Practices of Wild Palm Species (Arecaceae) in Western Burkina Faso Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Aboubacar-Oumar Zon, Edouard Konan Kouassi, Fanta Reine Sheirita Tiétiambou, Amadé Ouédraogo
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A lək̓ʷəŋən Estuarine Root Garden: the Case of Tl’chés Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Isabelle Maurice-Hammond, Alex McAlvay, Darcy Mathews, Annette Bosman, Joan Morris
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Toward the Reshaping of an Endogenous Leafy Vegetable Value Chain: the Case Study of Vitex doniana in the Republic of Benin Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Viviane C. O. Sinébou, Euloge Codjo Togbé, Vincent Ezin A., Alain Fanou Ahohouendo, Bonaventure Cohovi Ahohuendo, Anne-Laure Jacquemart
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How Do Local Medical Systems Work? An Overview of the Evidence Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Aníbal Silva Cantalice, Danilo Vicente Batista Oliveira, Edwine Soares Oliveira, Francisco Igor Ribeiro Santos, Marina Barros Abreu, Valdir de Moura Brito Júnior, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior
Local medical systems (LMSs) are shaped by the interaction of human beings with biota, so understanding how human beings use natural resources for their survival is one of the most discussed topics in ethnobiology studies. Although many studies have focused on describing the structure of LMSs (for example, plants or animals used for medicine), there is a need to better understand their functionality
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Women’s Perinatal Plant Knowledge: a Case Study on the Compilation and Secondary Analysis of Ethnomedicinal Data Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Timothy Johns, Lindiwe Sibeko
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Quelites Pasados of the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico: An Interdisciplinary Ethnobotanical Study of Leafy Green Vegetables Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Patricia Severiano-Pérez, Sol Cristians, Robert Bye, Bernardo Lucas-Florentino, Juan Carlos Ramírez-Orejel, Edelmira Linares, Luz María Mera-Ovando, Delia Castro-Lara, Daniel Enríquez-Maldonado, Joel Rodríguez-Servín, María de Guadalupe González-Pedroza, Viridiana Escalante-Martínez, José Emiliano Palma Pérez del Valle, Myrna Mendoza-Cruz, Alejandro Nevarez-Durán, Perla Silvestre-Lara
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A New Methodological Approach to Detect Microcenters and Regions of Maize Genetic Diversity in Different Areas of Lowland South America Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Flaviane Malaquias Costa, Natalia Carolina de Almeida Silva, Rafael Vidal, Charles Roland Clement, Elizabeth Ann Veasey
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The Future Is in the Younger Generations: Baka Children in Southeast Cameroon Have Extensive Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Sandrine Gallois, Tinde van Andel, Appolinaire Ambassa, Stijn van Bemmel
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Doing Interdisciplinary Environmental Change Research Solo Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Bradley B. Walters
Interdisciplinary research on people, plants, and environmental change (IRPPE) typically requires collaboration among experts who each bring distinct knowledge and skills to bear on the questions at hand. The benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary research in principle are thus confounded by the dynamics of multidisciplinary collaboration in practice. However, broadly trained researchers can
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The Relation Between Ashaninka Amazonian Society and Cultivated Acanthaceae Plants Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Monika Kujawska, Fernando Zamudio, Joaquina Albán Castillo, Joanna Sosnowska
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Uses, Cultural Importance, and Fire Threat to Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Meliaceae): Evidence for the Availability Hypothesis in Benin (West Africa) Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Tonankpon Aymar Guy Deguenonvo, Thierry D. Houehanou, Rodrigue Idohou, Narcisse Yehouenou, Gérard N. Gouwakinnou, Armand K. Natta
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Traditional Management of Maize in the Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, Maintains Moderate Levels of Genetic Diversity and Low Population Differentiation Among Landraces Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 María del Consuelo Aragón-Martínez, Alejandra Serrato-Díaz, Martha Graciela Rocha-Munive, Fabiola Ramírez-Corona, Carlos Fabián Vargas-Mendoza, Beatriz Rendón-Aguilar
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An Ethnobotanical Study on the Dietary Use of Wild Trees as Traditional Vegetables by Three Ethnic Communities in Manipur, North East India Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Ngairangbam Yaipharembi, Elizabeth Huidrom, Khumukcham Nongalleima, Huidrom Birkumar Singh
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Patterns of Biological and Utilitarian Diversity of Plants Through a Dry Forest Precipitation Gradient Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 André dos Santos Souza, Kátia F. Rito, Leonardo da Silva Chaves, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Marcelo Tabarelli, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
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Socioeconomic Dimensions of Wild Food Plant Use During the Conflict in Syria Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Naji Sulaiman, Vladimir Verner, Zbynek Polesny
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Global Trade in Fern (Lygodium circinnatum) Fiber Basketry Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Anthony B. Cunningham, Josef A. Brinckmann
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Diversity of Plant Uses by a Farming Community of Northwestern Colombia: a Quantitative Approach Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Juliana Duarte, Alexander Mantilla, Felipe Castaño
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Calendar Plants in Southern Vanuatu Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, K. David Harrison, Neal Kelso, Martial Wahe, Dominik M. Ramík, Presley Dovo, Wina Nasauman, Reuben Neriam, Tony Keith, Tom A. Ranker, Jean-Pascal Wahe
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Choice Modeling for the Commercial Cultivation of Underutilized Aromatic Plants for Producing Mosquito Repellents: Targeting Rural Sector Income Generation Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 K.D. Munugoda, T.S. Talagala, S.M.C.U.P. Subasinghe, D.S. Hettiarachchi, A.T. Cooray
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Silvicultural Practices in the Management of Diospyros melanoxylon (Tendu) Leaf Production: Options and Trade-offs Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Anuja Anil Date, Ankila J. Hiremath, Atul Arvind Joshi, Sharachchandra Lele
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The Ethnobotanical Evolution of the Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Cynthia Wagner Weick, Naela Aamir, Jayme Reichart
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Vernacular Names of Traditional Rice Varieties Reveal the Unique History of Maroons in Suriname and French Guiana Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Nicholaas Pinas, Marieke van de Loosdrecht, Harro Maat, Tinde van Andel
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Ethnobotany and Wood Anatomy of Banisteriopsis caapi Ethnotaxa and Diplopterys cf. pubipetala, Components of Ayahuasca in Brazilian Rituals Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Regina Célia de Oliveira, Camila S. B. Behrens, Nívea Nagamine-Pinheiro, Christopher W. Fagg, Marcelo Simas e Silva, Thiago Martins-Silva, Júlia Sonsin-Oliveira
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Value Chain Map and Economic Performance of Potentially Important Underutilized Crops in Southeastern Sri Lanka Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Arosh Bandula, Abu SMG Kibria, Tapan Kumar Nath
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The Spiritual Valuation of Erythrophleum suaveolens, a Cultural Keystone Species in the Democratic Republic of Congo Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Emiel De Meyer
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Dulong People’s Traditional Knowledge of Caryota obtusa (Arecaceae): a Potential Starch Plant with Emphasis on Its Starch Properties and Distribution Prediction Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Zhuo Cheng, Xiaoping Lu, Xian Hu, Qing Zhang, Maroof Ali, Chunlin Long
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Tracing the Tradition: Regional Differences in the Cultivation, Utilization, and Commercialization of Bitter Kola (Garcinia kola, Clusiaceae) in Cameroon Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Anna Manourova, Zbynek Polesny, Bohdan Lojka, Ann Degrande, Ondrej Pribyl, Patrick Van Damme, Vladimir Verner
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Fifty Years Later—The Legacy of Alfred Crosby’s “The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492” Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 James F. Hancock
Fifty Years Later—The Legacy of Alfred Crosby’s “The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492.” It has been 50 years since the publication of Alfred Crosby’s revolutionary book on what he coined the “Columbian Exchange.” Crosby’s observations have stood the test of time and remain rock solid. There has been little argument about his central premise that the arrival of the Iberians
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Pises (Xanthosoma robustum, Araceae): Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Farming Practices of a Neglected and Underutilized Crop in a Mexican Indigenous Community Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Jaime Pacheco-Trejo, Eliazar Aquino Torres, Judith Prieto Méndez, Ma Isabel Reyes Santamaría, Sergio Rubén Pérez Ríos
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Tracing the Supply Chain of Medicinal Wild Yam Species (Dioscorea spp.) in Cundinamarca, Colombia Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Darío Pérez, Lauren Raz
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The Dispersal of Bananas (Musa spp.) to the Americas in the Sixteenth Century Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Marcos Salas-Pascual, Teresa Cáceres-Lorenzo
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Change in Anthropogenic Disturbances and Its Influence on Wild Tea Survival in Shiiba, Japan Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Maki Isoda, Tomohiro Kondo, Reiji Suzuki, Shinya Takeda
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High–Demand Medicinal Plants of Herbal Markets in Mashhad, Iran Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Khadijeh Motahhari, Atefeh Pirani, Hamid Moazzeni, Mohammad Reza Joharchi, Rainer W. Bussmann
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Cultural Effects on Sorghum Varieties Grown, Traits Preferred, and Seed Management Practices in Northern Ethiopia Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-09-07 Tsedal Asres Wendmu, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Haftom Temesgen Abebe, Hugo J. de Boer, Fetien Abay Abera, Ola Tveitereid Westengen
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A New Global Estimation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species in Commercial Cultivation and Their Conservation Status Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Josef A. Brinckmann, Wolfgang Kathe, Karin Berkhoudt, David E. V. Harter, Uwe Schippmann
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Indigenous Biosystematics of Enset (Ensete ventricosum [Welw.] Cheesman) in its Center of Origin and Diversity, Southwest Ethiopia: Folk Nomenclature, Classification, and Descriptors Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Bewuketu Haile, Bizuayehu Tesfaye, Temesgen Magule Olango
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Identifying the Ecosystems Services of the Ivory Palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis Spruce): A Qualitative Study from the Central Coast of Ecuador Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Rommel Montúfar, Jacob Gehrung, Michael Ayala Ayala, Shady S. Atallah
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Nubian Agricultural Practices, Crops and Foods: Changes in Living Memory on Ernetta Island, Northern Sudan Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Philippa Ryan, Maha Kordofani, Mohamed Saad, Mohammed Hassan, Matthew Dalton, Caroline Cartwright, Neal Spencer
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The 16th-19th Century Soundtoll Registers Online: Uncovering Traded Plant Diversity between the North and the Baltic Seas Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 W. De Groot, T. Van Andel, A. Kool, M. Hazenberg, K. Kjesrud, I. Teixidor-Toneu
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Current Use of Local Folk Medicine (Rimèd Razyé) in the French Lesser Antilles: Diversity Patterns and Links Between Food and Health Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Laurent Penet, Carine L. Collin
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A Historically Contextualized Account of the Baobab Trees (Adansonia digitata L.) of Tobago Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 John Rashford
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Ethnoveterinary Knowledge and Practice Applied to Domestic Animals Raised in the Ukraine Colonization Community of Palmital, Paraná State, Brazil Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Sarita Teresinha Burei, Diógenes Adriano Duarte Santana, Bruna Broch Lopez, Cristina Santos Sotomaior, Luiz Antônio Acra, Saulo Henrique Weber, Rüdiger Daniel Ollhoff
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Economic Assessment of Morel (Morchella spp.) Foraging in Michigan, USA Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-04-15 Trey Malone, Scott M. Swinton, Aastha Pudasainee, Gregory Bonito
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Ethnoveterinary Practices of Medicinal Plants Used in Animal Health Management in the Dawuro Zone, Southern Ethiopia Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Tegegn Dilbato Dinbiso, Tadele Tolosa Fulasa, Feyissa Begna Deressa
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The Inextricable Link between Ecology and Taste: Traditional Plant Foraging in NW Balochistan, Pakistan Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Shazia Saeed, Alia Ahmed, Andrea Pieroni
Cross–cultural food studies among various ethnic groups are crucial for understanding patterns of food preferences. The study recorded wild food plants (WFPs) gathered among Baloch, Brahui, Dehwar, Hazaras, and Pathans living in northwest Balochistan, Pakistan. A total of 68 taxa were recorded, of which only one–fifth were commonly used among the various groups. Hazaras and Pathans differed in their
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Homegarden Variation and Medicinal Plant Sharing among the Q’eqchi’ Maya of Guatemala Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-02-16 Amanda M. Thiel, Marsha B. Quinlan
Q’eqchi’ Maya villagers in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, grow informal homegardens alongside field–based horticultural subsistence activities. Villagers cultivate 200 + homegarden plants that serve many functions including provisioning food and medicine. Semi–structured “plant walk” interviews with 31 informants and follow–up interviews with nine villagers informed on the presence of cultivated medicinal
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Understanding Betel Nut Use in Prehistoric Southeast Asia Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Cristina C. Castillo
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Interpreting the Indigenous and Imported Heritage of Medicinal and Culinary Plant Use in St. Vincent through the Gardens of John Nero and Alexander Anderson Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Christina Welch, Niall Finneran
This paper explores how two very different “heritage” gardens on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent hold a mirror to the rich and complex socio-cultural and botanical history of the wider Caribbean region, reflecting the different approaches to the historic cultivation and exploitation of indigenous and imported plant resources for culinary and medicinal ends. We start with a consideration of a small-scale
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Diversity and Value of Extant Hawaiian Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum [L.]) Cultivars Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-01-21 Noa Lincoln, Todd Anderson, Michael Kantar, Qian You, Jianping Wang
Sugarcane is one of the most economically important crops with particular cultural and economic significance in the Hawaiian Islands. The historical influence of sugarcane in Hawai‘i tends to overshadow the fact that Native Hawaiians cultivated dozens of unique varieties of sugarcane for almost a millennium before the arrival of Europeans. The objective of this study was to characterize the genetic
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The Soga Saga: The Potential of Maclura cochinchinensis (Moraceae) as an Eco–Friendly Dye in Indonesia Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 A. B. Cunningham, W. Ingram, C. Koenunu, IWayan Sukadana, W. Kadati
This study focuses on the potential for sustainable use of M. cochinchinensis, a yellow dye used in Javanese soga batik. Prices paid for M. cochinchinensis heartwood at the start of the value–chain (IDR 1,000/kg [USD 0.071/kg]) in West Timor are low, despite depleted wild stocks. Bulk suppliers to the batik industry in Java, however, sell M. cochinchinensis dye–wood at IDR 21,000/kg (USD 1.50/kg),
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North American Fertility–Regulating Botanicals: a Review Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Applequist, Wendy L., Bridges, Mikayla C., Moerman, Daniel E.
Species from over a hundred genera found in North America have reported traditional uses as contraceptives or uses that suggest possible abortifacient or postcoital contraceptive activities. If any of these are both effective and relatively safe, that information ought to be preserved, both for its potential utility and because it would mean that those species are unsafe for consumers who wish to become
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Are Mixtec Forgetting Their Plants? Intracultural Variation of Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Aparicio Aparicio, Juan Carlos, Voeks, Robert A., Silveira Funch, Ligia
Are Mixtec Forgetting Their Plants? Intracultural Variation of Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico. Erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge in indigenous communities has been reported increasingly in recent decades. This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the variation of ethnobotanical knowledge in communities of the high Mixtec subregion. We interviewed 64 Mixtec about edible and
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People and Plants in Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada): Examining Plants as a Foundational Aspect of Culture in the Subarctic Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Norton, C. H., Cuerrier, A., Hermanutz, L.
This paper emphasizes the cultural value of plants in Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada), a self–governing Inuit region in the Subarctic. Via interviews with community members, we describe the links between plant usage and culture to understand the direct ways that plants are utilized for food, construction, gardening, and medicine, and to then link these uses to deeper cultural significance among three
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Qarakhanids on the Edge of the Bukhara Oasis: Archaeobotany of Medieval Paykend Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2021-10-27 Mir-Makhamad, Basira, Mirzaakhmedov, Sirojidin, Rahmonov, Husniddin, Stark, Sören, Omel’chenko, Andrey, Spengler, Robert N.
The urban center of Paykend was an exchange node just off the main corridor of the Silk Road in the Bukhara Oasis on the edge of the hyperarid Kyzyl–Kum Desert. The city was occupied from the end of 4 century B.C.E. to the mid–12 century C.E.; our study focuses on the Qarakhanid period (C.E. 999 – 1211), the last imperial phase of urban occupation at Paykend before its abandonment. In this study, we
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Urban Spaces, Plants, and People in the Nineteenth-Century Bogotá, Colombia Econ. Bot. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 Molina, Diego
Urban Spaces, Plants, and People in the Nineteenth-Century Bogotá, Colombia. Despite recent efforts to understand the uses of plants in Latin American cities, we know little about ethnobotanical practices in the pre-industrial nineteenth-century urban environments of this region. In order to address this gap in the existing literature, I examined the uses of ornamental, edible, and medicinal plants