Medicinal Plants of East Africa is the first photographically illustrated guide to showcase the most important healing plants of the region. The book describes 136 plant species in everyday use in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Brief descriptions of each species cover that plant's appearance, ecology and specific medicinal uses.
This is a photographic guide to 136 East African plants with important medicinal applications. This fully revised edition of the book first published in 2010 features 600 photographs; updated species accounts; medicinal uses and remedies; and the pharmacological properties and chemistry of the various plant parts.