Reite plants
Subtitle: an ethnobotanical study in Tok Pisin and English
By: Porer Nombo and James Leach
Contributors: Leach, James, 1969-
Series: Asia Pacific environment monograph -- 4; Asia-Pacific environment monograph -- 4.
Publisher: ANU E Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Canberra ACT, Australia
Language: eng; tpi
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781921666001
Subjects: Useful Plants; Traditional medicine; Ethnobotany; Nekgini (Papua New Guinean people); Social life and customs
Description: "Reite Plants is a documentation and discussion of the uses of plants by speakers of the Nekgini language, a people who reside in the hinterland of the Rai Coast in northern Papua New Guinea. High quality images and detailed information about traditional customary practices using plants provide a unique entry into understanding Nekgini social and cultural life. The book contains a discussion of the ownership of plant knowledge in the context of both local and contemporary global trends. As a dual language, co-authored text, the book is a unique contribution to the ethnobotany and anthropology of Melanesia. Reite Plants represents the product of a long term collaborative work between the authors." --Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index.

Tok Pisin and English.