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Peru: Field Guides

Sources on the culture and history of Peru for students preparing for the Peruvian Ethnopharmacology & Traditional Medicine travel course.

Scarlet Macaw

Matthew Romack

Peru is home to the largest number of bird species in the world.

Air Plant

The Air Plant, or Kalanchoe pinnata, is used for for treating boils, internal bruises, broken bones, and intestinal problems.

Field Guides

A Field Guide to Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon by James L. Castner; Stephen L. Timme; Jame A. Duke
Call Number: QV 770 DP6 1998

ISBN: 0962515078

Publication Date: 1998-05-01

A guide to the hundred most common and useful medicinal plants and fruits of the upper Amazon, with color photographs, identification aids, descriptions, and uses.
Peru by David L. Pearson; John Sill (Illustrator); Les Beletsky; Priscilla Barrett (Illustrator); David Beadle (Illustrator); David Dennis (Illustrator); Daniel Lane (Illustrator); John Myers (Illustrator); David Nurney (Illustrator); John O'Neill (Illustrator)
Call Number: QL 248 P437 2008

ISBN: 9781566565455

Publication Date: 2004-10-01

Identification and location information on Peru's most frequently seen animals, insects, amphibians, reptiles and birds. 500 color illustrations. Information on Peru's ecology, parks and preserves, regions and habitats.