Tales of a shaman's apprentice : an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest / Mark J. Plotkin.

Author: Plotkin, Mark J.

Imprint:New York : Viking, 1993.

Descriptionx, 318 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Through the Emerald Door -- The search for the Black Caiman -- Among the Maroons -- Under the double rainbow -- A recipe for poison -- Across the Savannas of the Sipaliwini -- Witch doctor of the Wayanas -- The Semen of the Sun -- Return to Kwamala.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-297).

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