A Herbal of Iraq

An illustrated and informative guide to Iraqi herbal medicine.

The flora of Iraq is particularly rich and varied, owing to the country's diverse landscapes of deserts, plains, and mountains. Accordingly, plant-based medicine has always played an important role in the daily lives of Iraqis. Edited by experts from both the University of Oxford and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew--working in collaboration with Iraqi botanists--A Herbal of Iraq describes fifty plants and their uses in traditional herbal medicine in the region. In addition to the wealth of information it contains, this dual-language English-Arabic herbal is illustrated throughout with archival and contemporary botanical art, making it an object of beauty as well as a helpful resource.


Author: Shahina A. Ghazanfar
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.58h x 6.38w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781842467633
ISBN10: 1842467638
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Botany
- Nature | Regional

About the Author
Shahina A. Ghazanfar is a senior botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and coeditor of Flora of Tropical East Africa, also published by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Chris J. Thorogood is deputy director and head of science of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, and the author of Chasing Plants, copublished by the University of Chicago Press and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Weird Plants, Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Western Mediterranean, and Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Eastern Mediterranean, all published by Kew.