COMMON MEDICINAL PLANTS OF PORTLAND, JAMAICA

A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN
the MAROON COMMUNITY,
the PORTLAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (PEPA)
and
CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL ETHNOMEDICINAL EDUCATION and RESEARCH (CIEER)

 

Funded by
USAID, PEPA, CIEER, and the Peace Corps

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Adams, C. Dennis. The Blue Mahoe and Other Bush: An Introduction to Plant Life in Jamaica. Sangster's Bookstores Ltd., 97, Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica in association with McGraw-Hill Far Eastern Publishers (S) Ltd - Singapore. 1971.

Adams, Dennis, Kenneth Magnus and Compton Seaforth. Poisonous Plants in Jamaica: A Brief Review of Jamaican Plants which Contain Known Poisons. Caribbean Affairs. Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of the West Indies. 1963.

Asprey, G.F., Thornton, P., 1953-1955. Medicinal Plants of Jamaica. Pts. I, II, III, IV, West Indian Medicinal Journal Vol. 2, No 4., pp 233-252, (1953) Vol. 3. No. 1. pp 17 - 41., No. 2. pp. 69-82, Vol 4. No. 3, pp. 145-168 (1955).

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Fawcett, William and Alfred Barton Rendle. Flora of Jamaica Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known From the Island [Vol. 1-7]. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London. 1910-1926. [Bound xerox copy in FLAS].

Fawcett, William and Alfred Barton Rendle. Flora of Jamaica Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known From the Island [Vol. 4: Dicotyledons; Families Leguminosae to Callitrichaceae]. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London. 1920.

Honychurch, Penelope N. 1980. Caribbean Wild Plants & their Uses: An Illustrated Guide to some Medicinal and Wild Ornamental Plants of the West Indies. Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London, England.

Lampe, Kenneth F. and Mary Ann McCann. AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois. 1985.

Moore, Spencer Le Marchant and Alfred Barton Rendle. Flora of Jamaica Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known From the Island [Vol. 7: Dicotyledons; Families Rubiaceae to Compositae]. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London. 1936.

Nellis, David W. 1994. Seashore plants of South Florida and the Caribbean. Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, FL. 160 p.

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