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Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke

Its Ethnobotany as Hallucinogen, Perfume, Incense, and Medicine

By: Marcello Pennacchio,Lara Jefferson,Kayri Havens

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Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke

Its Ethnobotany as Hallucinogen, Perfume, Incense, and Medicine

By: Marcello Pennacchio,Lara Jefferson,Kayri Havens

Plants provide the food, shelter, medicines, and biomass that underlie sustainable life. One of the earliest and often overlooked uses of plants is the production of smoke, dating to the time of early hominid species. Plant-derived smoke has had an enormous socio-economic impact throughout human history, being burned for medicinal and recreational purposes, magico-religious ceremonies, pest control, food preservation, and flavoring, perfumes, and incense. This illustrated global compendium documents and describes approximately 2,000 global uses for over 1,400 plant species. The Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke is accessibly written and provides a wealth of information on human uses for smoke. Divided into nine main categories of use, the compendium lists plant-derived smoke's medicinal, historical, ceremonial, ritual and recreational uses. Plant use in the production of incense and to preserve and flavor foods and beverages is also included. Each entry includes full binomial names and family, an identification of the person who named the plant, as well as numerous references to other scholarly texts. Of particular interest will be plants such as Tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum), Boswellia spp (frankincense), and Datura stramonium (smoked as a treatment for asthma all over the world), all of which are described in great detail.

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Oxford University Press

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019988806X

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9780199888061

Ecology of Plant-Derived Smoke

Its Use in Seed Germination

By: Lara Jefferson,Marcello Pennacchio,Kayri Havens-Young

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Ecology of Plant-Derived Smoke

Its Use in Seed Germination

By: Lara Jefferson,Marcello Pennacchio,Kayri Havens-Young

Discusses how plant-derived smoke functions as a tool for promoting seed germination and growth, with 1355 species accounts.

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0199755930

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9780199755936

Seeds of Restoration Success

Wild Lands and Plant Diversity in the U.S.

By: Sara F. Oldfield,Peggy Olwell,Nancy Shaw,Kayri Havens

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Seeds of Restoration Success

Wild Lands and Plant Diversity in the U.S.

By: Sara F. Oldfield,Peggy Olwell,Nancy Shaw,Kayri Havens

This book provides a general overview of the natural landscapes and vegetation types of the U.S., the key plant species that help define them, the pressures faced by natural ecosystems and the imperative for conservation and restoration. It addresses the policies that have been introduced to manage healthy ecosystems and the practical progress that is being made in restoration. A particular focus is on the production of diverse native plant materials currently required by the National Seed Strategy. Case studies demonstrate how native plant materials are essential to support the conservation of healthy ecosystems with their biodiversity and functions as well as supporting a productive and sustainable agricultural sector and healthy ecosystems for all. The authors are closely connected with major national and international networks of botanic gardens, ecologists and conservation scientists at Board level and through other professional links. Condensing a wide range of current information into a concise format, this book fills a need by experts and informed amateurs interested in the natural environment, including gardeners, botanic garden and protected area visitors, government agencies, the private sector native seed industry, and NGOs.

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