Table Of ContentContents 
Introduction of 2003 Distinguished  Eco-  72  Ethnobotanical  Knowledge  of  Brosi- 
nomic  Botanist,  Professor  Daniel  Zo-  mum  Alicastrum  (Moraceae)  among 
hary.  Barbara  Pickersgill.  Urban  and  Rural  El Salvadorian  Ad- 
olescents.  Suzanne  Yates, and Carlos R. 
Unconscious  Selection  and  the  Evolu- 
Ramirez-Sosa. 
tion of Domesticated  Plants.  Daniel Zo- 
hary.  Post-Harvest  Growth  of  Lechuguilla 
(Agave lecheguilla Torr., Agavaceae) in 
COVER  ARTICLE:  Indigenous  Cul- 
Northeastern  Mexico.  Marisela Pando- 
tivation  and  Conservation  of  Totora 
Moreno,  O. Eufracio, E. Jurado, and E. 
(Schoenoplectus  californicus,  Cypera- 
Estrada. 
ceae)  in  Peru..  Sandra  Anne  Banack, 
Xanic  J.  Rondon,  and  Wilfredo  Diaz- 
Use and  Availability  of Craft  Vines in 
Huamanchumo. 
the  Influence  Zone  of  the  Biosphere 
Ethnobotanical  Investigaton  of the  Reserve  Sian  Ka’an,  Quintana  Roo, 
Acjachemen  Clapperstick  from  Blue  Mexico.  M.M.  Martinez-Romero,  A.E. 
Elderberry,  Sambucus  mexicana  (Ca-  Castro-Ramirez,  P.  Macario,  and  J.C. 
prifoliaceae).  Michael  Walker,  Jacque  Fernandez. 
Nunez,  Marion  Walkingstick,  and San- 
Neem, Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Me- 
dra Anne  Banack. 
liaceae),  and Its Potential  for Sustain- 
Manufacturing Procedures and Micro-  able  Woodcarving  in  Kenya.  Alex  O. 
biological Aspects of Parakari, A Novel  Obara,  Martina  G.  Hoft,  and  Robert 
Fermented  Beverage of the Wapisiana  Hoft. 
Amerindians of Guyana.  7. W. Henkel. 
Botanical  Notes 
Conservation  of  Useful  Plants:  An 
Evaluation  of  Local  Priorities  from 
Two Indigenous Communities  in East-  112  The  Utilization  of  Edible  Canna 
ern  Panama.  Sarah  Paule  Dalle,  and  Plants  in  Southeastern  Asia  and 
Catherine  Potvin.  Southern  China.  Nobuyuki  Tanaka. 
The  Use of Tropical  Forest  (Agroeco-  Cleyera  japonica  Thunb.  var.  walli- 
systems and Wild  Plant Harvesting) as  chiana  (DC.)  Sealy  (Theaceae):  A 
a Source of Food in the Bribri and Ca-  Tea-beverage  Plant of the Himalayas. 
becar Cultures in the Caribbean Coast  R. P. Chaudhary,  V. N.  P. Gupta,  and 
of Costa  Rica.  Carlos  Ramos  Garcia-  R. S. L. Taylor. 
Serrano,  and Juan  Pablo Del Monte.  118  Book  Reviews
Contents 
13 wn  COVER ARTICLE:  Eroding Knowledge:  242  Genetic  Diversity  of  Traditional 
An Ethnobotanical  Inventory in East-  South  American  Landraces  of Cas- 
ern  Amazonia’s  Logging  Frontier.  sava  (Manihot esculenta  Crantz):  An 
Patricia  Shanley and Nelson A. Rosa.  Analysis  Using  Microsatellites.  Mar- 
ianne  Elias,  Gilda  Santos  Miihlen, 
161  Community  Participation  in  Preser- 
Doyle McKey, Ana Carolina  Roa, and 
vation of Lowcountry  South Carolina 
Joe Tohme. 
Sweetgrass  (Muhlenbergia  filipes 
(M.A.  Curtis)  J. Pinson  and  W. Bat-  Rosewood  Exploitation  in the Brazil- 
son)  Basketry.  Zachary  H. Hart, An-  ian Amazon:  Options for Sustainable 
gela  C.  Halfacre,  and  Marianne  K.  Production.  Peter H. May and Lauro 
Burke.  E.S.  Barata. 
184  Domestication  Process  of Two  Sola- 
266  Subsistence  Strategies  of an  Indige- 
num  Section  Lasiocarpa  Species 
nous  Minority  in  the  Philippines: 
among  Amerindians  in  the  Upper 
Nonwood  Forest  Product  Use  by the 
Orinoco,  Venezuela,  with Special  Fo- 
Tagbanua of Narra, Palawan.  Celeste 
cus  on  Piaroa  Indians.  Gabriele  Vol- 
Lacuna-Richman. 
pato,  Rossella  Marcucci,  Noemi  Tor- 
nadore,  and Maurizio  G. Paoletti.  286  Wild  Edible  Plants  of  the  Sikkim 
Himalaya:  Nutritive  Values of Select- 
Effects of Some Mineral  Nutrients on 
ed  Species.  Manju  Sundriyal  and  R. 
Gibberellic  Acid  Levels  in  Maize 
C. Sundriyal. 
Plants  (Zea mays  L.).  Peyami Battal.  sc-graygg-eeynyynpecnegtnia y  ne e n   n e ean onnsee  ement 
204  Genetic Variation of Cassava (Manih-  300  Wild  Edible  Plants  of  the  Sikkim 
ot  esculenta  Crantz)  Cultivated  by  Himalaya:  Marketing,  Value  Addi- 
Chibchan Amerindians of Costa Rica.  tion  and  Implications  for  Manage- 
Maria  E.  Zaldivar,  Oscar  J.  Rocha,  ment.  Manju  Sundriyal  and  R.  C. 
rpea<pryae  m  
Gabriel  Aguilar,  Luis  Castro,  Emilio  Sundriyal. 
Castro,  and Ramiro  Barrantes. 
Botanical  Notes 
Knowledge  and  Use  of  Fungi  by a 
Mycophilic Society of the Venezuelan 
Development of Natural Products Re- 
Amazon.  Egleé  L.  Zent,  Stanford 
search  at  University  of  Mississippi. 
Zent, and Teresa  Iturriaga. 
Norman  J. Doorenbos. 
A  Comparative  Study  of Sulphur 
Content  of Some  Allium  L.  Species.  179  Notes  on Zombia  antillarum.  Fabien- 
Rosa Muoio,  Paolo  Casoria, and Bru-  ne Boncy  Taylor and Joel C. Timyan. 
no  Menale. 
Departments 
Wild  Herb  Use  in  Bulgaria.  Kerry 
Ploetz and Blair Orr.  316  Book  Reviews 
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Contents 
COVER  ARTICLE:  History  and  Lore of  43 un  Allozyme,  Morphological  and  Nutri- 
Sesame  in Southwest  Asia.  Dorothea  tional  Analysis  Bearing  on  the  Do- 
Bedigan.  mestication  of Momordica  charantia 
L.  (Cucurbitaceae).  Kendrick  L. 
Marr,  Xia  Yong Mei, and 
Intraspecific  Diversity  and  Morpho- 
Nirmal K. Bhattarai. 
Phenological  Variation  in  Phaseolus 
Lunatus  L. from  the  Yucatan  Penin- 
sula, Mexico. Jaime Martinez-Castillo, 
Ethnobotany of Sambucus  nigra L. in 
Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal,  Hugo  Per- 
Catalonia  (Iberian  Peninsula):  The 
ales-Rivera,  and  Patricia  Colunga- 
Integral Exploitation ofa  Natural Re- 
Garciamarin. 
source  in  Mountain  Regions.  Joan 
Vallés,  Maria 
Ethnobotany  of  Pru,  A  Traditional  Angels Bonet, and Antoni Agelet. 
Cuban Refreshment.  Gabriele Volpato 
Sg and Daimy Godinez. 
470  The  Uses  of  Atuna  racemosa  Raf. 
(Chrysobalanaceae)  in Samoa.  Ghil- 
The  Ethnobotany  of Fagraea  Thunb. 
lean  T. Prance. 
(Gentianaceae):  The  Timber  of Ma- 
lesia and the Scent of Polynesia.  Tim- 
othy J. Motley.  476  Using  Suitable  Projects  in  Adding 
Value to Nonwood  Forest Products in 
410  The Social  Context  for Harvesting /r-  the  Philippines:  The  Copal  (Agathis 
philippinensis)  Trade  in Palawan.  Ce- 
iartea  deltoidea  (Arecaceae).  Patti  J. 
leste Lacuna-Richman. 
Anderson. 
psgeg—saggnyg mn ng eE  Maen n 
420  Cultivated  Plant  Species  Diversity  in 
Departments 
Home  Gardens  of  an  Amazonian 
Peasant  Village in Northeastern  Peru. 
Oliver  T. Coomes  and Natalie  Ban.  486  Book  Reviews
Contents 
501  COVER  ARTICLE:  Discovery  and  Ge-  588  Nutritional  Values  and  Indigenous 
netic Assessment of Wild Bottle Gourd  Preferences for Shea Fruits (Vitellaria 
[Lagenaria  Siceraria  (Mol.)  Standley;  paradoxa  C.F.  Gaertn.  F.) in African 
Cucurbitaceae]  from  Zimbabwe.  Agroforestry  Parklands.  Steven Mar- 
Deena  S.  Decker-Walters,  Mary  Wil-  anz,  Zeev  Wiesman,  Bishnu  Chapa- 
kins-Ellert,  Sang-Min Chung, and Jack  gain,  Walter  Mawuli  Kpikpi,  and Ar- 
E. Staub.  melle de Saint Sauveur. 
509  Archaeological  Evidence  of Cheri-  601  Processing  Metroxylon sagu  Rottboell 
moya  (Annona  cherimolia  Mill.)  and 
(Arecaceae)  as a Technological  Com- 
Guanabana  (Annona  muricata  L.) in 
plex:  A Case Study from  South  Cen- 
Ancient  Peru.  Duccio  Bonavia,  C.M. 
tral Seram,  Indonesia.  Roy Ellen. 
Ochoa,  O.  Tovar  S.,  and  R.  Cerrén 
Palomino.  Dietary  Use of Wild  Plant  Resources 
in the Sikkim  Himalaya, India.  Man- 
Schinus  molle  L.  (Anacardiaceae) 
ju  Sundriyal,  R.C.  Sundriyal  and  E. 
Chicha Production in the Central An- 
des.  David John Goldstein, and Robin  Sharma. 
Christine  Coleman.  Micromorphological  Characteriza- 
Chemical  Composition  and  Current  tion of Ten  Mulberry  Cultivars  (Mo- 
Distribution  of ‘“‘Azafran  de  Bolita”  rus  spp.).  Magda Biasiolo,  Maria  Te- 
(Ditaxis  heterantha  Zucc;  Euphorbi-  resa Da Canal, and Noemi Tornadore. 
aceae):  A  Food  Pigment  Producing 
647  Wild  Vegetable  Resources  and  Mar- 
Plant.  Méndez-Robles,  Ma.  Dolores, 
ket Survey in Xishuangbanna, South- 
Claudia Flores-Chavira,  Ignacio Oroz- 
west China.  Xu You-Kai,  Tao Guo-Da, 
co-Avila,  Eugenia  Lugo-Cervantes, 
Liu  Hong-Mao,  Yan  Kang-La,  and 
and Ma.  Eugenia Jaramillo-Flores. 
Dao Xiang-Sheng. 
Evaluation  of the Bromatological  Po- 
tential  of Seeds  and  Fruits  of Sabal  668  Huckleberry  Abundance,  Stand  Con- 
mexicana  Mart.  (Arecaceae).  Silvia  ditions,  and  Use in Western  Oregon: 
Olvera-Fonseca..  Evaluating  the  Role  of Forest  Man- 
agement.  Becky  K.  Kerns,  Susan  J. 
Natural  Rubber,  Hevea  brasiliensis 
(Willd. ex A. Juss.) Miill. Arg., Germ-  Alexander, and John D. Bailey. 
plasm  Collection  in the  Amazon  Ba- 
sin,  Brazil:  A  Retrospective.  Oghe-  ETHNOBOTANY  IN  TURKEY 
nekome  U. Onokpise. 
679  Morphological  and Anatomical  Stud- 
wnw n a  Development of a Sorghum Core Col-  ies  on  Economically  Important  Em- 
lection:  Refinement and Evaluation of 
petrum nigrum L. subsp. hermaphrod- 
a Subset  from  Sudan.  J.A. Dahlberg, 
itum  (Hagerup)  Bocher  (Empetra- 
J.J. Burke, and D.T.  Rosenow. 
ceae).  Yasin  Altan,  and Canan  Ozde- 
568  Genetic  Diversity  of Darnel  (Lolium  mir. 
temulentum  L.) in Malo, Ethiopia De- 
684  The  Use  of  Wild  Edible  Plants  in 
‘pends  on  Traditional  Farming  Sys- 
Western  and  Central  Anatolia  (Tur- 
tems.  Takayuki  Senda,  and  Tohru 
Tominaga.  key).  Yunus Dogan, Suleyman Baslar, 
Gungor Ay, and Hasan  Huseyin Mert. 
Local Use and Cultural and Econom- 
ic Value  of Products  from  Trees  in  691  Ethnobotanical Studies in the Villages 
the  Parklands  of the  Municipality  of  of the  District  of Ilca  (Province  Er- 
Cinzana,  Mali.  Gunnar Gustad,  Shiv-  zurum),  Turkey.  Ufuk  Ozgen,  Yusuf 
charn  S. Dhillion, and Daouda Sidibé.  Kaya, and Maksut Coskun.
697  Ethnobotanical Aspects of Some Taxa  Identification  of the  Rose,  Sage,  Iris, 
in East  Anatolia,  Turkey.  Fevzi,  Oz-  and  Lily  in the  “Blue  Bird  Fresco” 
gékce, and Hasan  Ozcelik.  from  Knossos,  Crete  (ca.  1450 
705  An ethnobotanical  survey  of the Bey-  B.C.E.).  Arthur O.  Tucker. 
pazari,  Ayas,  and  Giidtl  District 
towns  of Ankara  province  (Turkey).  736  Araliaceae  Species  used  for Culinary 
Isil Simsek,  Fulya Aytekin, Erdem  Yes-  and  Medicinal  Purposes  in  Niigata- 
ilada, and /Sinasi  Yildrimlt.  ken, Japan.  David Eric Brussell. 
721  Agronomical  and  Chemical  Charac- 
terization  of Spearmint  (Mentha  spi-  DEPARTMENTS 
cata  L.)  Originating  in  Turkey.  Isa 
740  Book  Reviews 
Telci,,  Nermin  (Incekara)  Sahbaz,  750  Books  Received 
Gungor Yilmaz, and Mehmet E. Tugay. 
Index  to Volume  58:  Book  Reviewers 
BOTANICAL  NOTES  Index  to Volume  58:  Book  Reviews 
sasCasun sI n dex to Volume 58: Authors and Ti- 
The  Ethnobotany  of Copaiba  (Copai-  tles of Papers 
fera)  Oleoresin  in  the  Amazon.  763  Index  to Volume  58: Subjects 
Campbell Plowden.  766  Manuscript  Reviewers:  2004
Con[toniec BonnyV ottom5s sS uppi enet] 
Slimy  Leaves  and  Oily  Seeds:  Dis-  sa  Yano,  Kentaro  Yasuda,  and  Hirofumi 
tribution  and Use of Wild  Relatives  Yamaguchi. 
of Sesame  in  Africa.  Dorothea  Be-  A Botanical Perspective on the Identity of 
digian.  Soma (Nelumbo Nucifera Gaertn.)  Based 
on Scriptural and Iconographic Records. 
Prosopis  africana  (Mimosaceae):  Stem, 
Andrew McDonald. 
Roots, and Seeds  in the Economy  of the 
Savanna Areas of Nigeria. D. A. Agboola. 
Special  Section  on 
Identification  and Quantification  of Edi- 
ble Plant Foods in the Upper (Nama) Ka-  Medicinal  Plants 
roo, South Africa.  Dawn  Youngblood. 
Ethnobotany  and Sustainable  Utilization  S174  COVER  STORY:  Medicinal  Plants  of 
of Natural  Dye Plants  in Sierra  Leone.  Mt. Pelion, Greece.  David Eric Brussell. 
Cyrus MacFoy. 
$203  A  Medicinal  Plant  Collection  From 
Rattan,  Rubber  or  Oil  Palm:  Cultural 
Montserrat,  West  Indies.  David  Eric 
and  Financial  Considerations  for Farm- 
Brussell. 
ers  in Kalimantan.  Brian  Belcher,  Ruje- 
han,  Ndan  Imang  and  Ramadhani  Ach-  The Ritual Use Of Brugmansia Species in 
diawan.  Traditional  Andean  Medicine  in North- 
ern  Peru.  Vincenzo De Feo. 
Protection  from  UV  Radiation  in  the 
Economic Crop, Opuntia Spp. Charles S.  Contributions to the Antimicrobial Spec- 
Cockell, Joe Berry, Adrian  Southern, Ale-  trum  of Hop Constituents.  Vanita Srini- 
sha Herrera, and Charles  Yackulic.  vasan,  Daniel  Goldberg,  and Gerhard J. 
Haas. 
Domestication  of Plants  in  Maya  Low- 
lands.  Patricia Colunga-GarciaMarin and  Medicinal  Plants  Used  to Treat  Malaria 
Daniel Zizumbo- Villarreal.  in Southern  Benin  Notulae  Florae  Beni- 
nensis.  Merel Hermans,  Akpovi Akoégni- 
Edible Wild Mushrooms of the Cofre De 
nou, and L. Jos G. van der Maesen. 
Perote  Region,  Veracruz,  Mexico:  An 
Ethnomycological  Study  of  Common  An  Ethnobotanical  Study  of Medicinal 
Names and Uses.  Mary Claire Jarvis, Ann  Plants  Used  by the  Lisu  People  in Nu- 
Marie  Miller,  Jamie  Sheahan,  Kerry  jiang, Northwest Yunnan, China.  Huang 
Ploetz,  Jeff Ploetz,  Robin  Ready  Watson,  Ji, Pei Shengji, and Long Chunlin. 
Mario  Palma  Ruiz,  Carlos  Andres  Pasca-  Plants Used Medicinally by Folk Healers 
rio  Villapan,  Juventino  Garcia  Alvarado, 
of the Lahu People from the Autonomous 
Armando Lopez Ramirez, and Blair Orr.  County of Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai in 
Development  of Tissue  Culture  Methods  Southwest  China.  Hu-Yin  Huai  and 
for the  Rescue  and  Propagation  of En-  Sheng-Ji Pei. 
dangered  Moringa  Spp.  Germplasm. 
Exotic Botanicals in the Kallawaya Phar- 
Katherine K. Stephenson and Jed W. Fahey. 
macopoeia.  Kevin D. Janni and Joseph W. 
Small-Grained  Wild  Grasses  as  Staple  Bastien. 
Food  at  the  23 000-Year-Old  Site  of 
The  Inclusion  of  Recently  Introduced 
Ohalo  II, Israel.  Ehud  Weiss,  Mordechai 
Plants  in the Hawaiian  Ethnopharmaco- 
E. Kislev, Orit Simchoni and Dani Nadel. 
poeia.  Christian  T. Palmer. 
A  Test  for  Molecular  Identification  of 
Japanese Archaeological  Beans and Phy-  Forgetting  the Forest:  Assessing  Medici- 
ldgenetic  Relationship  of Wild  and  Cul-  nal Plant Erosion in Eastern Brazil.  Rob- 
ert A.  Voeks and Angela Leony. 
tivated  Species of Subgenus Ceratotropis 
(Genus  Vigna,  Papilionaceae)  using  Se-  The Investigation of Euphorbiaceous Me- 
quence  Variation  in  Two  Non-Coding  dicinal  Plants  in  Southern  China.  Xu 
Regions of the 7rnl and Trnf Genes.  Azu-  Zeng Lai,  Yu Bo Yang, and Xu Luo Shan.
ri