Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Proceedings of Symposium 5-35 of the 14th International Botanical Congress, Berlin, 24 July-1 August 1987. 1987. Illustr. Tabs. 152 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

Contains some 15 different contributions, e.g.: Medicinal and poisonous plants of the tropics, an overview/ Tropical plants used in Chinese medicine-potential leads for pharmaceutical development/ Plant sources of antimalarial and amoebicidal compounds/ Medicinal and poisonous plants in the West Indies/ Medicinal plants of wide use in Zimbabwe/ The investigation of and research on 'hsenyi'; natural resources of Henan/ Analysis of the voltile constituents of Piper betle L. cultivars-a chemosystematic approach/ Some common African herbal remedies for skin diseases with special reference to Kenya/Medicinal plants in tropical areas of China/ Ethnobotanical pharmacopoeia of the Amazonian Jivaro/ Some Malvaceae of Mocambique with medicinal properties/ Some of our life-saving plants of Apocynaceae/Indigenous medicinal plants of Uttar Pradesh Himalaya (India): an ethnobotanical study/ Drumstick (Moringa oleifera Lam.)-a multipurpose perennial Indian vegetable tree of considerable medical value/ Medicinal use of some Philippine plants/ Recent efforts of preservation and exploitation of medical and aromatic plants.