A herbal of Iraq : a herbal inspired by the work of Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim Al-Quragheely, the doctor of Al-Ashab / edited by Shahina A. Ghazanfar and Chris J. Thorogood ; Arabic editor Rana Ibrahim.

The flora of Iraq is particularly rich and diverse, owing to the country's diverse habitats of deserts, plains and mountains. The inspiration for this book was the work of the Iraqi herbalist, Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim Al-Quragheely, who documented the country's flora and its uses in ethnobotanical medic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Al-Quragheely, Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim (Author)
Other Authors: Ghazanfar, Shahina A. (Editor)
Thorogood, Chris (Editor)
Ibrahim, Rana (Editor)
Language:English
Arabic
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English and Arabic.
Published: Richmond, Surrey, UK : Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2022.
Subjects:
Medicinal plants > Iraq.
Materia medica, Vegetable > Iraq.
Herbals > Iraq.
Herbals.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Medicinal plants.
Iraq.
Physical Description:xv, 134 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / by Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim Al-Quragheely, the doctor of Al-Ashab
  • Introduction. The flora of Iraq ; Biogeography ; Flora ; Plant communities ; Desert ; Mixed shrubland ; Mountain forest ; Alpine forest ; Traditional herbal medicine in Iraq
  • About this book. The selected plants ; The story of the doctor of Al-Ashab
  • The plants.