On Aztec Botanical Names
Reko, Blas Pablo
(Ethnomedizin und Bewußtseinsforschung / Historische Materialien Vol.: 13)
- 1996
- 62 p.
- 14,8 x 21 cm
- engl.
- EUR 11,00
- ISBN 3-86135-426-8
Translated from: "De los Nombres Botánicos Aztecas" In: Dr. Blas Pablo Reko: El México Antiguo, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp.113-157, 1919.
Translation, Introduction and Index by Jonathan Ott
The Austrian physician Dr. Blas Pablo Reko is an important pioneer of Mexican ethnobotany. He played a key role both in the identification of ololiuqui, the Mexican shamanic morning glory seeds (Turbina corymbosa), and teonanácatl, the sacred mushroom. Reko's work has been overlooked by many modern researchers because his publications are rare and in most cases difficult to get. One of his most important classics, De los nombres botánicos aztecas (1919), is now available for the first time both as a book and in translation. The well-known ethnopharmacognosist and distinguished writer Jonathan Ott translated, edited and commented On Aztec Botanical Names.
Contents:
Introduction (Jonathan Ott)
On Aztec Botanical Names (Blas Pablo Reko)
Introduction to Aztec Botanical Terminology
Roots and Subterranean Parts of Stems
Stem and Appendages
Flowers
Fruits
Vegetable Products
On Aztec Medicine
Terms referring to Diverse Qualities of Plants
Colors
Size
Shape
Consistency
Number
Flavor and Smell
Surface
Habitat
Synonymy of Aztec Botanical Names
Botanical Name Index (Compiled by Jonothan Ott)
Bibliography (Jonothan Ott)
