Medicinal resources of the tropical forest : biodiversity and its importance to human health / edited by Michael J. Balick, Elaine El isabetsky, Sarah A. Laird. - New York : Columbia University Press, c1996. - xiv, 440 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Biology and resource management series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0231101708 (cloth)

95-013809


Materia medica, Vegetable.
Rain forest plants.
Ethnobotany.
Traditional medicine.

615/.32