Botany: Ethnobotany

This site contains descriptions, propagation methods, and information on traditional and medicinal uses of 24 plants introduced to Hawaii by early Polynesian voyagers. Photographs and/or line drawings are included for most of the plants.

This is an electronic, peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Botany Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. It publishes on all aspects of ethnobotanical research.

This is one of several online databases from the Bishop Museum. It currently contains 145 records which can be accessed either by Hawaiian or botanical name.

"This key was created to help assist the general public, farmers, and horticulturalists alike to identify kalo (taro - Colocasia esculenta) horticultural varieties and other closely related species found in the Hawaiian Islands. As of February, 2006, the key assists in the identification of 97 horticultural varieties of taro."

This book from the FAO presents 12 case studies illustrating the rich food resources and inherent strengths of traditional food systems as well as how people in these cultures think about and use these foods. Chapter 6 covers the traditional food system of Pohnpei

Full text of Beatrice Krauss' 1979 publication. The original line drawings have been replaced by photographs.

A core objective of PROTA is to improve access to interdisciplinary data on the 7,000 useful plants of Tropical Africa as a basis for sustainable ecosystem management and rural development. Protabase, the Information Base of PROTA, is searchable in both an English version and a French version. Search options include scientific name, vernacular name, and full-text search. Also includes browseable lists of uses and geographic distribution in Africa.

Farm and Forest Production and Marketing (FFPM) profiles for 32 crops detail essential information for crop development: horticulture and botany; the roles for each crop in mixed-species agroforestry; nutrition and food security; commercial products, product quality standards; location and size of markets; post-harvest processing; opportunities for local value-added processing; and the potential for genetic improvement.

From the book "Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands." Species profiles for a wide range of native and traditional trees grown in Pacific island gardens. Profiles are in pdf format and include information on botany, traditional uses, and cultivation.