Title: Kava--the Pacific elixir : the definitive guide to its ethnobotany, history, and chemistry /
Authors: Lebot, Vincent.; Merlin, Mark David.; Lindstrom, Lamont, 1953-; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Publisher: Healing Arts Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Social Environment; Plants, Medicinal; Kava (Beverage); Kava plant.; Kava ceremony.; Ethnology Oceania; Kava; Plant Extracts pharmacology; Plants, Medicinal.; Ethnology; Pacific Islands; Oceania Social life and customs; Pacific Islands ethnology
Contents: Botany : morphology, biogeography, and origin of species -- Chemistry : active principles and their effects -- Ethnobotany : cultivation, classification, preparation and medicinal use -- Anthropology : the cultural significance and social uses of kava -- Economics : Kava as a cash crop -- Kava : a world drug?