A Guide to the Medicinal Plants of Coastal Guyana

Download or read book A Guide to the Medicinal Plants of Coastal Guyana written by Deborah A. Lachman-White and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 1992 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and illustrates plants used medicinally in coastal Guyana. It includes entries for 173 native and naturalised Guyanese plants, as well as a few cultivated species. Of these, 148 are illustrated by line drawings, the majority of which have been created by local artists. The methods used in compiling the data included interviews, plant collection and identification, literature search for chemical and pharmacological information and some basic screening carried out locally.