Trees and Folk Medicine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Earwood (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-31 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folk Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X |
| Publisher | Maney Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/flk.1999.38.1.22 |
| OpenAlex | W2072759049 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Trees are usually considered of importance in terms of their timber. This is especially true today when forestry is often a highly commercialised enterprise for the production of timber alone. However in the past trees had a far wider economic and social significance, supplying local communities with raw material including bark for tanning and plaiting, bast and roots for weaving and ropes, leaves and branches for bedding and fodder, sap for drink and adhesives and fruits for eating. In addition many parts of the tree were used in the preparation of medicines, some indeed, like the elder and oak, being considered to be effective against a great variety of elements (Henderson 1994, 626
Agroforestry · Bark (sound · Bast fibre · Biology · Botany · Fodder · Geography · Raw material · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Ecology · Forestry
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |