Title: Mysteries of the rain forest
First published: 1998
Description: Describes the experiences of an ethnobotanist in South America as he learns from Trio Indians the medicinal value of rainforest plants, and struggles to record the data before these ancient traditions vanish.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Ethnobotany, Traditional medicine, Trio Indians, Indians of South America
Places: Amazon River Valley, Suriname
People: Mark J. Plotkin
LC classification: F2420.1.T7 P37 1998