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Collection and cultivation of medicinal plants of Florida.

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Date Issued:
1950
Abstract/Description:
Due to the fact that there are ample supplies of several native drugs in the State of Florida, the collection of medicinal plants is deserving of more attention. This bulletin contains a list of native herbs which grow in commercial quantities in the localities indicated. Brief comments and descriptions are offered to aid those interested in identifying these plants and preparing them for market.
Title: Collection and cultivation of medicinal plants of Florida.
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Alternative Title: Plant life of Florida.
Name(s): Christensen, B. V. (Bernard Victor), 1885-1956
Simpson, Charles Torrey, 1846-1932
University of Florida School of Pharmacy.
PALMM (Project)
Florida Dept. of Agriculture.
Type of Resource: text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1950
Publisher: State of Florida, Dept. of Agriculture
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, [Fla.]
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 74 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Language(s): eng
Abstract/Description: Due to the fact that there are ample supplies of several native drugs in the State of Florida, the collection of medicinal plants is deserving of more attention. This bulletin contains a list of native herbs which grow in commercial quantities in the localities indicated. Brief comments and descriptions are offered to aid those interested in identifying these plants and preparing them for market.
Table of Contents: Introduction -- General considerations -- Collection and curing -- Marketing crude drugs -- Prices -- Crude drug dealers -- Medicinal plant literature -- Collection of medicinal plants -- Stillingia -- Asclepias -- Gelsemium -- Stramonium -- Phytolacca -- Trilisa odoratissima (Walt), Cass -- Dioscorea -- Baptisia -- Styrax -- Xanthoxylum -- Myrica -- Sabal -- Sambucus -- Cultivation of medicinal plants -- Medicinal plant garden -- Aloe -- Andropogon citrata and Andropogon flexousa -- Carica papaya -- Koellia mutica -- Stramonium -- Mentha viridis -- Ricinum communis -- Zingiber -- Florida grown medicinal plants -- Primary list of medicinal plants -- Plant constituents and properties -- Secondary list of medicinal plants -- Twenty culinary herbs of Florida -- Plant life of Florida / C.T. Simpson.
Target Audience: general
Identifier: UF00002957 (iid), 49837977 (oclc), AAA3356 QF, 977282 (digitool), uf:104769 (fedora)
Note(s): by B.V. Christensen.
Title from cover.
"Prepared and published in cooperation with the School of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville."
"April 1950".
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2001. Mode of Access: World Wide Web. System Requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced from Collection in George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida.
Subject(s): Medicinal plants -- Collection and preservation
Medicinal plants -- Florida
Florida -- 12000
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00002957.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00002957.jpg
Host Institution: UF
Other Format:
(OCoLC)49787435
Is Part of Series: Bulletin (Florida. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no. 14.