Simoons, Frederick J. <br/><br/>
Plants of life, plants of death / 
Frederick J. Simoons. 
 - Madison, Wis. :  University of Wisconsin Press,  �1998. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 568 pages) :  illustrations, map 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-535) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Tulsi, holy basil of the Hindus : with notes on sweet basil in the Mediterranean world -- Sacred fig-trees of India -- Mandrake, a root human in form : with notes on ginseng -- A question of odor? : garlic and its relatives as impure foods in the area from Europe to China -- Ritual use and avoidance of the urd bean (Vigna mungo) in India : with comparative data on certain related foods, flavorings and beverages -- The color black in the Pythagorean ban of the fava bean (Vicia faba) -- Favism and the origin of the Pythagorean ban on fava beans -- Pythagoras lives : parallels and survivals of his views of beans in modern and premodern times -- Further notes, elaborations, and conclusions. 
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<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585176205 9780585176208 0299159035 9780299159030 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB99-19917 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>100886304.  DNLM 100886304  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Plants--Folklore.<br/>Medicinal plants--Folklore.<br/>Plants--Mythology.<br/>Human-plant relationships.<br/>Folklore.<br/>Plants.<br/>Plants, Medicinal.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.<br/>Human-plant relationships.<br/>Medicinal plants.<br/>Plants.<br/>Plants--Mythology.<br/>Geneeskrachtige planten.<br/>Vergif.<br/>Bijgeloof.<br/>Riten.<br/>Anthropology.<br/>Social Sciences.<br/>Folklore.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Folklore.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GR780  / .S55 1998eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398/.368 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>GR780  / S55 1998 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>1999 B-536 GR 780  / S611p 1998