African Ethnobotany in the Americas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Voeks, Robert (Editor), Rashford, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

African Ethnobotany in the Americas provides the first comprehensive examination of ethnobotanical knowledge and skills among the African Diaspora in the Americas. Leading scholars on the subject explore the complex relationship between plant use and meaning among the descendants of Africans in the...