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LC Science Tracer Bullet Series
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MEDICINAL PLANTS
Compiled by Judith Robinson and Constance Carter
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Science Reference Section
Science and Technology Division Library of Congress
10 First Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540-5581
TB 91-8 May 1991
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SCOPE: The study of medical botany is taking on new significance as
the world's rain forests are destroyed. Tropical plants contain an
enormous variety of chemicals of potential benefit to modern medicine.
Major universities, pharmaceutical firms, and government agencies,
including the National Institutes of Health, are greatly expanding
their programs in natural products research in hopes of finding new
medicines for a variety of ills, including cancer, diabetes, and
diseases of the immune system. Teams of plant collectors, chemists,
and ethnobotanists have been dispatched to tropical regions to collect
new species and to study the folklore of medicinal plants from local
healers and those with knowledge of indigenous plants.
The ethnobotanical information that these individuals can supply helps
narrow the search for plants with known pharmacological activity.
This compilation, an update of two earlier Tracer Bullets (TB 72-19
and TB 81-2), provides references to published materials on plants
containing substances of medicinal value. Publications issued since
1980, as well as those that librarians and researchers have found
particularly useful in their work over the years, are emphasized.
More attention has been given to the medicinal plants used by Native
Americans and to titles describing plants in different geographical
areas than was done in earlier compilations.
This Tracer Bullet has been compiled to assist individuals in locating
materials about medicinal plants in the collections of the Library of
Congress and to provide suggestions for further study. Not intended
to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed -- as the
name of the series implies -- to put the reader "on target."
BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS
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* Available in reference collection, Science Reading Room Guthrie, D.
Plants as remedies: the debt of medicine to botany. In Botanical
Society of Edinburgh. Transactions, v. 39, no. 2, 1961: 184-195.
QK1.B4 and Pamphlet box*
Farnsworth, Norman R. New medicines from plants: the quest to obtain
useful drugs from plants is being renewed, and not a moment too soon.
World & I, v. 3, Sept. 1988: 214221. CB428.W67 and Pamphlet box*
Plotkin, Mark J. The healing forest: the search for new jungle
plants. Futurist, v. 24, Jan./Feb. 1990: 9-14. CB158.F88 and
Pamphlet box*
SUBJECT HEADINGS used by the Library of Congress, under which books on
medicinal plants can be located, include the following:
MATERIA MEDICA, VEGETABLE (Highly relevant)
MEDICINAL PLANTS (Highly relevant)
BOTANY, MEDICAL (Relevant)
HERBAL TEAS (Relevant) HERBS--THERAPEUTIC USE (Relevant)
See also names of specific herbs, plants, substances, etc., e.g., COMFREY,
GARLIC,
GINSENG, QUININE
PHARMACOGNOSY (Relevant)
BOTANICAL DRUG INDUSTRY (Related)
HALLUCINOGENIC PLANTS (Related)
HERBAL COSMETICS (Related)
PSYCHOTROPIC PLANTS (Related)
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION (More general) BOTANY, ECONOMIC
(More general)
ETHNOBOTANY (More general)
INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--MEDICINE (More general)
RAIN FOREST ECOLOGY (More general)
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BASIC TEXTS
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Blackwell, Will H. Poisonous and medicinal plants. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall, c1990. 329 p. QK100.A1B57 1990* Chapter 5
written by Martha J. Powell.
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Buchman, Dian Dincin. Dian Dincin Buchman's Herbal medicine: the
natural way to get well and stay well. New York, Gramercy Pub. Co.,
1980, c1979. 310 p. RS164.B78 1980*
See particularly "Sources for dried botanicals, herb products, oils":
p. 273-279 and "Live plant and seed sources": p. 279-286.
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Crellin, J. K., and Jane Philpott. Herbal medicine past and present.
Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, c1990. 2 v. RS164.B324C74 1990*
Based in large part on recorded interviews with A. L. Tommie Bass, his
friends, neighbors, and people in his community.
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 265-323.
Contents: v. 1. Trying to give ease.--v. 2. A
reference guide to medicinal plants.
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Der Marderosian, Ara Harold, and Lawrence E. Liberti. Natural product
medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics.
Philadelphia, G. F. Stickley, c1988. 388 p. RS160.D47 1988*
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Grieve, Maud. A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and
economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs, grasses,
fungi, shrubs, & trees with all their modern scientific uses. With an
introd. by the editor, Mrs. C. F. Leyel. New York, Dover
Publications, 1971. 2 v. QK99.A1G72 1971*
A reprint of the 1931 ed.
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Kreig, Margaret B. Green medicine: the search for plants that heal.
Chicago, Rand McNally, 1964. 462 p. QK99.K68* Bibliography:
p. 433-446.
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Lewis, Hepworth, and Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis. Medical botany: plants
affecting man's health. New York, Wiley, c1977. 515 p. RS164.L475*
Bibliography: p. 456-465.
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Morton, Julia Frances. Major medicinal plants: botany, culture, and
uses. Springfield, Ill., Thomas, c1977. 431 p. QK99.A1M67*
Bibliography: p. 383-412.
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Van der Zee, Barbara. Green pharmacy: a history of herbal medicine.
New York, Viking Press, 1982, c1981. 379 p. RM666.H33V36 1982*
Bibliography: p. 337-347.
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SPECIALIZED TITLES
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Aikman, Lonnelle. Nature's healing arts: from folk medicine to modern
drugs. Prepared by the Special Publications Division. Washington,
National Geographic Society, c1977. 199 p. RS164.A36
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Andoh, Anthony K. The science and romance of selected herbs used in
medicine and religious ceremony. San Francisco, North Scale
Institute, c1986. 324 p. QK99.A1A54 1986
Bibliography: p. 318-324.
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Carse, Mary. Herbs of the earth: a self-teaching guide to healing
remedies: using common North American plants and trees. Hinesburg,
Vt., Upper Access Publishers, c1989. 238 p. RM666.H33C367 1989
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Coon, Nelson. Using plants for healing: an American herbal. 2nd ed.
Emmaus, Pa., Rodale Press, c1979. 272 p. RS164.C72 1979*
Bibliography: p. 239-248.
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Davies, Jill. A garden of miracles: herbal drinks for pleasure,
health, and beauty. New York, Beaufort Books, c1985. 144 p.
RM666.H33D38 1985
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Duke, James A. Medicinal plants of the Bible. Owerri, N.Y.,
Trado-Medic Books, 1983. 233 p. QK99.A1D84 1983
Bibliography: p. 175-178.
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Emboden, William A. Narcotic plants. Rev. and enl. New York,
Macmillan, c1979. 206 p. QK99.A1E5 1979
Bibliography: p. 195-202.
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Folk medicine: the art and the science. Edited by Richard P. Steiner.
Washington, American Chemical Society, c1986. 223 p.
RS164.F64 1986*
Examines the medical practices of non-Western cultures in order to
establish a scientific basis for the success of various folk remedies.
Includes material on isolating and identifying specific chemical
components of plants as well as providing information on the medicinal
plants of various countries.
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Gibbons, Euell. Stalking the healthful herbs. Putney, Vt.,
A. C. Hood, 1989, c1966. 301 p. QK99.U6G53 1989
Reprint. Originally published in New York by D. McKay, 1966.
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Hartwell, Jonathan L. Plants used against cancer: a survey. Lawrence,
Mass., Quarterman Publications, c1982. 710 p. (Bioactive plants,
v. 2) RC271.H47H37 1982
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HsA, Hung-yuan, Yu-pan Chen, and Mei-na Hung. The chemical
constituents of oriental herbs. Los Angeles, Oriental Healing Arts
Institute, c1982-c1985. 2 v.
RS164.H838 1982*
Vol. 1 has cover title: The Chemical Constituents of
Oriental Herbal Drugs.
Vol. 2 published at Long Beach, Calif.
Translation of Han Yao Chih Hua HsAeh Ch'eng Fen.
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Kelly, Howard Atwood. Some American medical botanists commemorated in
our botanical nomenclature. Troy, N.Y., Southworth Co., 1914. 215 p.
QK26.K4
"Delivered as a lecture before the Medical Historical Society of
Chicago, 1910, and before the University of Nebraska, October 16,
1913."
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Magic and medicine of plants. Pleasantville, N.Y., Reader's Digest
Association, Inc., c1986. 464 p.
QK99.A1M325 1986*
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New pharmaceuticals derived from plants. New Haven, Conn., Technology
Management Group, c1988. 1 v. (various pagings) HD9675.B682N48 1988
"An assessment of worldwide market opportunities in plant-derived
drugs for cancer, AIDS, heart disease, diabetes, and other
conditions."
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Schultes, Richard Evans, and Albert Hofmann. The botany and chemistry
of hallucinogens. Rev. and enl. 2nd ed. Springfield, Ill., Thomas,
c1980. 437 p. (American lecture series, publication no. 1025)
QK99.A1S37 1980*
Bibliography: p. 369-409.
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Taylor, Norman. Plant drugs that changed the world. New York, Dodd,
Mead, c1965. 275 p. QK99.T35*
Bibliography: p. 255-263.
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Tyler, Varro E., Lynn R. Brady, and James E. Robbers. Pharmacognosy.
9th ed. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1988. 519 p. RS160.T94 1988*
SELECTED TITLES REFLECTING DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
NORTH AMERICA
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Bolyard, Judith L. Medicinal plants and home remedies of Appalachia.
Springfield, Ill., Thomas, c1981. 187 p. RS164.B63*
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Cox, Donald D. Common flowering plants of the Northeast: their
natural history and uses. Albany, N.Y., State University of New York
Press, c1985. 418 p.
Bibliography: p. 395-398. QK117.C828 1985*
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Moore, Michael. Medicinal plants of the desert and canyon West: a
guide to identifying, preparing, and using traditional medicinal
plants found in the deserts and canyons of the West and Southwest.
Sante Fe, N.M., Museum of New Mexico Press, 1989. 184 p. QK99.U6M65
1989
Bibliography: p. 160-163.
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----- Medicinal plants of the mountain West: a guide to the
identification, preparation, and uses of traditional medicinal plants
found in the mountains, foothills, and upland areas of the American
West. Sante Fe, N.M., Museum of New Mexico Press, c1979. 200 p.
QK99.U6M66 1979
Bibliography: p. 194-196.
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Naegele, Thomas A. Edible and medicinal plants of the Great Lakes.
Calumet, Mich., T. A. Naegele Survival Seminars, c1980. 427 p.
QK99.G73N33
Bibliography: p. 263-269.
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Touchstone, Samuel J. Herbal and folk medicine of Louisiana and
adjacent states, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas. Princeton,
La., Folk-Life Books, 1983. 175 p. RS164.T68 1983
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Tyler, Varro E. Hoosier home remedies. West Lafayette, Ind., Purdue
University Press, 1985. 212 p. GR110.I6T95 1985
Bibliography: p. 191-194.
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Viereck, Eleanor. Alaska's wilderness medicines: healthful plants of
the far north. Edmonds, Wash., Alaska Northwest Publishing Co.,
c1987. 107 p. QK99.U6V54 1987
Bibliography: p. 97-102.
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Westrich, LoLo. California herbal remedies. Houston, Gulf Publishing
Co., Book Division, c1989. 180 p. RM666.H33W445 1989
Bibliography: p. 164-167.
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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Ayensu, Edward S. Medicinal plants of the West Indies. Algonac,
Mich., Reference Publications, 1981. 282 p. QK99.W4A94
Bibliography: p. 212-213.
Morton, Julia Frances. Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America:
Bahamas to Yucatan. Springfield, Ill., Thomas, c1981. 1420 p.
QK99.C315M67*
Bibliography: p. 1297-1319.
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Schultes, Richard Evans, and Robert F. Raffauf. The healing forest:
medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazonia. Portland, Ore.,
Dioscorides Press, c1990. 484 p. (Historical, ethno- & economic
botany series, v. 2) QK99.A47S38 1990*
Bibliography: p. 475-476.
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Seaforth, C. E. Natural products in Caribbean folk medicine. St.
Augustine, Trinidad, W.I., University of the West Indies, c1988. 140
p. RS164.S475 1988
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Seaforth, C. E., C. D. Adams, and Y. Sylvester. A guide to the
medicinal plants of Trinidad & Tobago. Rev. version. Tunapuna,
Trinidad, W.I., CARIRI, Caribbean Industrial Research Institute, 1986.
222 p. RS164.S473 1986
Reprint. Originally published by Commonwealth Secretariat in London,
c1983.
Bibliography: p. 201-206.
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AFRICA, ASIA, AND AUSTRALIA
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Bensky, Dan, Andrew Gamble, and Ted J. Kaptchuk, comps. Chinese herbal
medicine: materia medica. Seattle, Eastland Press, c1986. 723 p.
RS180.C5B46 1986*
"Historical bibliography": p. 697-701.
"Translators' bibliography": p. 703-705.
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Boulos, Loutfy. Medicinal plants of North Africa. Algonac, Mich.,
Reference Publications, 1983. 286 p. (Medicinal plants of the world,
no. 3) QK99.A43B68 1983
Bibliography: p. 210-214.
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Caius, Jean Ferdinand. The medicinal and poisonous plants of India.
Jodhpur, India, Scientific Publishers, 1986. 528 p. QK99.I4C35 1986
"Originally published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History
Society in 24 parts, v. 37 (4), 1935--v. 45 (3), 1944."
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Duke, James A., and Edward J. Ayensu. Medicinal plants of China.
Algonac, Mich., Reference Publications, 1985. 2 v. (Medicinal plants
of the world, no. 4)
QK99.C448D85 1985* Text in English, Chinese, and Latin.
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Kokwaro, J. O. Medicinal plants of East Africa. Kampala, Uganda,
East African Literature Bureau, 1976. 384 p. RS164.K63
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Lassak, E. V., and T. McCarthy. Australian medicinal plants. North
Ryde, Aus., Methuen Australia, 1983. 240 p. QK99.A8L37 1983
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Manandhar, N. P. Medicinal plants of Nepal Himalaya. Kathmandu,
Nepal, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1980. 85 p. QK99.N35M36
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Oliver-Bever, Bep. Medicinal plants in tropical West
Africa. Cambridge, Eng., New York, Cambridge University Press, 1986.
375 p. RS164.057 1986
Bibliography: p. 269-354.
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Roberts, Margaret. Margaret Roberts' book of herbs: the medicinal and
culinary uses of herbs in South Africa. Bergvlei, South Africa,
J. Ball, 1983. 159 p. RM666.H33R63 1983
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Stark, Raymond. Maori herbal remedies. New York, Viking Sevenseas,
c1979. 116 p. DU423.M38S73 1979
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MEDICINAL USES OF PLANTS BY NATIVE AMERICANS Densmore, Frances. How
Indians use wild plants for food, medicine, and crafts. New York,
Dover, 1974. 116 p. E99.C6D415 1974
Reprint of "Uses of plants by the Chippewa Indians" from the 44th
Annual report (1926/27) of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology
(E51.U55).
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Duke, James A. Handbook of Northeastern Indian medicine. Lincoln,
Mass., Quarterman, 1986. 212 p. (Bioactive plants, v. 3) Not in LC
collections Bibliography: p. 172-174.
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Erichsen-Brown, Charlotte. Use of plants for the past 500 years.
Aurora, Ont., Breezy Creeks Press, c1979. 510 p. GN560.U6E75 1979*
Bibliography: p. 480-501.
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Gilmore, Melvin Randolph. Uses of plants by the Indians of the
Missouri River region. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1919. 154
p. E98.B7G4
Reprinted from the 33rd Annual report (1911/12) of the U.S. Bureau of
American Ethnology (E51.U55).
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Hamel, Paul B., and Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey. Cherokee plants and their
uses: a 400 year history. Sylva, N.C., Herald Pub. Co., c1975. 65 p.
E99.C5H224
Bibliography: p. 64-65.
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Herrick, James William. Iroquois medical botany. Ann Arbor, Mich.,
University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35mm. UMI Microfiche
AAC7732244 MicRR Collation of the original: 563 p.
Bibliography: p. 200-209.
Thesis (doctoral)--State University of New York at Albany, 1977.
Abstracted in Dissertation Abstracts, v. 38A, Feb. 1977: 4912.
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Lynas, Lothian. Medicinal and food plants of the North American
Indians: a bibliography. New York, Library of the New York Botanical
Garden, 1972. 21 p. Z1209.2.N67L92*
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Moerman, Daniel E. Geraniums for the Iroquois: a field guide to
American Indian medicinal plants. Algonac, Mich., Reference
Publications, 1982, c1981. 242 p.
E98.M4M68 1982
Bibliography: p. 218-221.
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----- Medicinal plants of Native America. Ann Arbor, Museum of
Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1986. 2 v. (910 p.) (Research
reports in ethnobotany, contribution 2) (University of Michigan Museum
of Anthropology. Technical reports, no. 19) E98.B7M64 1986* Chiefly
tables.
Bibliography: p. 527-534.
Updates American Medical Ethnobotany: a Reference Dictionary (Garland
1977).
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Scully, Virginia. A treasury of American Indian herbs: their lore and
their use for food, drugs, and medicine. New York, Crown Publishers,
1970. 306 p. E98.B7S3 1970
Bibliography: p. 296-302.
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Stark, Raymond. Guide to Indian herbs. Vancouver, B.C., Blaine,
Wash., Hancock House, c1981. 48 p. E98.M4S7 1981
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Taylor, Lyda Averill Paz. Plants used as curatives by certain
southeastern tribes. New York, AMS Press, 1978. 88 p. E98.M4T39
1978
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