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Title

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.

Author

Al-Quragheely, Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim

Publication

Richmond, Surrey, UK : Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2022

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Additional Authors

• Ghazanfar, Shahina A.
• Thorogood, Chris
• Ibrahim, Rana

Description

xv, 134 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

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 medicine. He opened a local practice in 1990 and dispensed herbal medicines for six years when communities were most in need. A Herbal of Iraq describes 50 plants and their uses in traditional herbal medicine in the region. In addition to the wealth of information it contains, this dual language English-Arabic herbal is illustrated richly throughout with archival and contemporary botanical art.

Subject

• Medicinal plants > Iraq
• Materia medica, Vegetable > Iraq
• Herbals > Iraq
• Herbals
• Materia medica, Vegetable
• Medicinal plants
• Iraq

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Text in English and Arabic.

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.

ISBN

• 1842467638
• 9781842467633

OCLC

• 1293650977
• on1293650977
• SCSB-14387331

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library