Plants In Hawaiian Medicine Book

Beatrice H. Krauss spent a lifetime studying plants and their uses. As a teacher and researcher, she gathered information from countless sources, both written and oral. In Plants in Hawaiian Medicine, she brings her knowledge and experience together in descriptions of 30 native plants, their medical and other uses by early Hawaiians, and their continued medical use today. This beautifully illustrated compendium is an essential reference for anyone interested in ethnobotany or Hawaiian culture.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Ethnobotanist Beatrice H. Krauss enriched the lives of innumerable people through her research, teaching, writing, and volunteer service. The first woman to earn a degree in agriculture from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, she later taught ethnobotany there and received several awards. She founded the Mānoa Valley History Project, served as president of the Hawaiian Botanical Society, and received awards from the Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation and the Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society.