COMMON
MEDICINAL PLANTS
OF PORTLAND, JAMAICA.
A
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN
the WINDWARD MAROON COMMUNITY,
the PORTLAND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (PEPA)
and
CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL ETHNOMEDICINAL EDUCATION and
RESEARCH (CIEER)
Funded by
USAID,
PEPA, CIEER,
and the US Peace Corps Austin,
Summer and Michael
B. Thomas, Eds. 2003. Common Medicinal Plants of Portland, Jamaica.
Centre
for International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research. Gainesville, Florida.
USA. 144 p.
©2003. ISBN: 0-9729594-0-8
A
collaborative work by Ms. Ivelyn
Roslie Harris, Mr. Lloyd Harris, Mr. Lloyd G. Henry | Biographies
Botanical Illustrator: Mr. Ivor Pennycooke
January
11, 2007. The
New Agriculturalist. Safeguarding health and culture
Traditional healers collaborate
with scientists to catalogue Maroon medicinal plant use.
Dedication.
This e-book is dedicated to the memory of the Queen Nanny, the great 18th century
leader of the Windward Maroons and to all Maroon Herbalist's, who for centuries
in the remote rural landscape of Jamaica have maintained a traditional way of
life from the rest of the island nation.
