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The Healing Forest
Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia
by Robert F. Raffauf ; Richard Evans Schultes
ISBN: 0931146143
ISBN-13: 9780931146145
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Dioscorides Pr
Published date: 1990
Size: 7.75 x 10.75 inches
Weight: 3.5 pounds
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The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia (Qty: 2)
Schultes, Richard Evans, and Raffauf, Robert F, and Phillip (Foreword by)
Timber Press (OR), 1990. Illustrated. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. small tears to dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 500 p. Contains: Illustrations. Historical, Ethno-& Economic Botany Series, 2. Audience: General/trade. ( more information) Offered by Masalai Press2 (United States)
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