Islands, Plants, and Polynesians. An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany. 1991. (Historical, Ethno - & Economic Botany Series, Vol.5). illus. 228 p. 4to. Cloth.

Contents: Preface, Paul Alan Cox/ Polynesian Plant Environments, F. Raymond Fosberg/ Plants and Polynesian Voyaging, Sandra Anne Banack/ Polynesian Plant Introductions, W.Arthur Whistler/ Polynesian Cultigens and Cultivars: The Questions of Origin, D.E.Yen/ Polynesian Plant Names: Linguistic Analysis and Ethnobotany, Expectations and Limitations, Karl H.Rensch/ Polynesian Agricultural Systems, Patrick V. Kirch/ Polynesian Uses of Seaweed,Isabella A.Abbott/ Polynesian Herbal Medicine, Paul Alan Cox/ Kava (Piper methysticum Forst.F.): The Polynesian Dispersal of an Oceanian Plant, Vincent Lebot/ Ethnobotany of Breadfruit in Polynesia, Diane Ragone/ Index of Scientific Names/ Index of Polynesian Words.