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Ethnomedicine in Tonga
Economic botany • 25 • Published In 1972 • Pages: 423-450
By: Weiner, Michael A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals with the medicinal uses of 59 plant species. Included in the discussion are information on the geographical distribution of the species and some cross-cultural data on medicinal uses of the plants. According to the author, the use of plants in medicine is rapidly being replaced by Western medical care and few Tongan herbalists remain. The researcher interested in ethnobotany and medicinal plants should also consult document 88:Thaman.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnobotany
- Pharmaceuticals
- Comparative evidence
- Flora
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Botanist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- September - November 1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tongatapu Island; Nuku'alofa; Mu'a village; Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael A. Weiner
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 450)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 50031790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans