Reite Plants: An Ethnobotanical Study in Tok Pisin and English

by James Leach and Porer Nombo

Reite Plants is a documentation and discussion of the uses of plants by speakers of the Nekgini language, a people who reside in the hinterland of the Rai Coast in northern Papua New Guinea. High quality images and detailed information about traditional customary practices using plants provide a unique entry into understanding Nekgini social and cultural life. The book contains a discussion of the ownership of plant knowledge in the context of both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921666005
• ISBN13: 9781921666001
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.8"