BIOL 2170 - Ethnobotany:People and Plants

Institution:

Hawaii Pacific University

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Description:

An introduction to the history of human use of plants as food, medicine and materials, with emphasis on examples from the Hawaiian Islands. Patterns of cultural interchange promoting the collection and spread of knowledge of plants and their cultivation and use will be examined, as well as prospects for future discoveries from ethnobotanical study of different cultures. Pre: WRI 1100 or WRI 1150.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hpu.edu

Phone Number:

(808) 544-0200

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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