Plants in Samoan culture : the ethnobotany of Samoa

Abstract

The subject of this book, as the subtitle 'The Ethnobotany of Samoa' indicates, is the traditional and current uses of plants in Samoa. The word ethnobotany is composed of two root words of Greek origin, ethnos, meaning a race or people, and botanikos, referring of course to plants. Thus ethnobotany is the scientific study of how people in different cultures interact with and utilize the plants in their natural environment.