This volume in the series deals with the major Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) of South America, providing information on major aspects of this specific group of plants on that continent (botany, traditional usage, chemistry, production/collection practices, trade and utilization).  Brazil, in particular, offers an immense amount of biodiversity, including plants with great pharmacological interest and ethno-medicinal importance.  Contributions are from internationally recognized professionals, specialists of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plant domain and have been invited mostly from the members of the International Society for Horticultural Science and International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.

This volume in the series deals with the major Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) of South America, providing information on major aspects of this specific group of plants on that continent (botany, traditional usage, chemistry, production/collection practices, trade and utilization).  Brazil, in particular, offers an immense amount of biodiversity, including plants with great pharmacological interest and ethno-medicinal importance.  Contributions are from internationally recognized professionals, specialists of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plant domain and have been invited mostly from the members of the International Society for Horticultural Science and International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.

Foreword.PART I. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America.- Chap. 1 South American Biodiversity and Its Potential In Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.- Chap. 2 Chemical diversity and Ethnopharmacology Survey of South American Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species.PART II. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Brazil.- Chap. 3 Introduction to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Brazil.- Chap. 4 Medicinal Plants and State Policy in South America: The case of Colonial Brazil.PART III. Selected Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Brazil.- Chap. 5Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC.- Chap. 6Adiantum raddianum C. Presl.- Chap. 7Aloysia citriodora Palau.- Chap. 8Anemopaegma arvense (Vell.) Stellfeld ex De Souza.- Chap. 9Aniba canellila (Kunth) Mez.- Chap. 10Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC.- Chap. 11Bauhinia forficata Link.- Chap. 12Byrsonima intermedia; A. Juss.- Chap. 13Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.- Chap. 14Clinopodium gilliesii (Benth.) Kuntze.- Chap. 15Croton zehntneri Pax & K. Hoffm.- Chap. 16Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf.- Chap. 17Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants.- Chap. 18Echinodorus macrophyllus (Kunth) Micheli.- Chap. 19Equisetum giganteum L.- Chap. 20Heteropterys tomentosa A. Juss.- Chap. 21Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel.- Chap. 22Justicia pectoralis Jacq.- Chap. 23Kalanchoe brasiliensis Camb. andKalanchoe pinnata (Lamk.) Pers.- Chap. 24Lantana camara L.and Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq.- Chap. 25Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson.- Chap. 26Lonchocarpus araripensis Benth. (Fabaceae).- Chap. 27Lychnophora pinaster Mart.- Chap. 28Marrubium vulgare L.- Chap. 29Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek.- Chap. 30Mikania glomerata Spreng. &Mikania laevigata Sch.Bip. ex Baker.- Chap. 31Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.- Chap. 32Oxalis adenophylla Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.- Chap. 33Phyllanthus niruri L.- Chap. 34Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) G. Don.- Chap. 35Polygonum punctatum Elliott.- Chap. 36Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth.- Chap. 37Punica granatum L.- Chap. 38Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl.- Chap. 39Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville.- Chap. 40Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb.- Chap. 41Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. and Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F. Gmell.- Chap. 42Valeriana carnosa Sm.- Chap. 43Ximenia americana L.