Plants in Samoan Culture The Ethnobotany of Samoa

"Samoans have learned by centuries of experience which trees provide the best timber, which plants are edible, which make the best cordage, and which can be used as medicine.... [They] have been the keepers of this knowledge and these plants for close to three millennia, but s we begin the new millennium, traditional lore is unfortunately no longer being passed on to the younger generation. This loss of traditional plant lore and traditional plants prompted me to write [this book]."Whistler, W. Arthur is the author of 'Plants in Samoan Culture The Ethnobotany of Samoa' with ISBN 9780964542662 and ISBN 0964542668.