Offers an overview of ethnobotany, a discussion of plant classifications, and notes on medicinal and food plants used in Central and S. America.

Explains how plants are classified and named, and how people of a particular region make use of indigenous plants.

Resource for plant enthusiasts features a chat room, an herbal information exchange board, articles, and a collection of ethnobotany links.

Guide to ethnobotany resources lists bibliographies, databases, articles, publications, educational opportunities, and conferences.

Search the US National Germplasm Resources Laboratory's ethnobotany database by the plant's name, country of origin, genus, or family.

Access excerpts from the CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference. Details the medicinal and food uses of specific plants.

Organization promotes interdisciplinary research on plants used in indigenous medicines. Provides membership details.

Maintains rare species of living plants of interest to ethnobotanists. Find photos, a newsletter, and a list of available plants and seeds.

Critical guide to web resources for ethnobotany, including education, grants, bibliographies and poisonous plants. Research grasses and cereals, as well as forestry.

Networking resource for ethnobotanists and ecotravelers offers links to articles on plants and ethnobotany, a bibliography, and an events guide.

Dictionary of medicinal and food plants lists the plant's scientific names and common usages.