[pbs] Hominin, tubers and corms
Diane Whitehead
voltaire at islandnet.com
Fri May 4 17:59:37 EDT 2007
It's not just in Africa that wild plants are dug up for food and
medicine.
I attended a talk by a Chinese botanist from the vast plateau north
of Tibet. Almost every mountain flower she showed in her slides was
used medicinally. And no, this was not a talk on alternative
medicines or ethnobotany, but one for gardeners.
It is a shame when it is the root or bulb that is used instead of
renewable leaves or seeds.
Diane Whitehead
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