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  title info:
    title: Bizarre plants
    sub title: magical, monstrous, mythical
  name:
    name part: Emboden, William A.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Folklore
  genre: Folklore.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 1974
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 214 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
  abstract: Describes the histories and features of many unusual and spectacular specimens of the plant world.
  abstract: "Plants so spectacular, grotesque, or unusual that they have: expelled bad dreams, expurgated madness, inspired love, cured melancholy, and rendered men invisible; tumbled houses, brought about the defeat of armies, and induced the entire population of towns to scandalous behavior; when exhibited, drawn crowds of reporters and film crews from Paramount Studies to record the event. 'Bizarre Plants' -- a book about plants so monstrous, mythical, or magical that to ignore them would be to discredit man's sojourn through this fantastic world. Here are the little-known histories of nature's creations that transcend the ordinary -- the upside-down-looking baobab tree whose fruits resemble sausages; the fabled coco-de-mer from under the sea whose seed is like a giant female pelvis. And more: enchanter's nightshade (believed to be the plant most dear to Satan), an herb which contains alkaloids potent enough to cause delirium and even death ; the fantastic dragon's blood tree ; the fungi that glow in the dark ; plants that devour animals the size of birds and rodents. The author traces the superstitions and legends which surround orchids, mandragora, ginseng, and other fantastics of our plant world. An expert in the chemistry and pharmacology of plants, Dr. Emboden also includes recent information on how these plants are used in medicine today. 'Bizarre Plants' is for the nonbotanist who can't get through highly specialized texts on the physiology, ecology, and other "ologies" of plants. And it is for those fascinated by the esoteric, the extraordinary, the occult, and the astounding evolution of magic into medicine."--
  table of contents: Prologue -- Monstrous plants -- Orchids in witchcraft and medicine -- Satan's simples: The herbs of black magic -- Herbs of grace: Witches and warlocks undone -- Dragon's blood -- The fabulous Coco-de-mer -- Plants that eat animals -- The hand of glory : Mandragora -- Ginseng : Wonder of the world -- Fungal fantasies -- Plants that never were : A floral "talepiece."
  note: William A. Emboden.
  note: The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy [A14853533458] is from the personal library of Edward W. Bryant Jr.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208).
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-az
  subject:
    topic: Plants
    genre: Folklore
  subject:
    topic: Botany
    genre: Folklore
  subject:
    topic: Medicinal plants
  subject:
    topic: Botany, Medical
  subject:
    topic: Magic
  subject:
    topic: Folklore
  subject:
    topic: Plants, Medicinal
  subject:
    topic: Magic
  subject:
    topic: Folklore
  subject:
    topic: Plantes
    genre: Folklore
  subject:
    topic: Plantes médicinales
  subject:
    topic: Magie
  subject:
    topic: Folklore
  subject:
    topic: magic (occult science)
  subject:
    topic: folklore (culture-related concept)
  subject:
    topic: Medicinal plants
  subject:
    topic: Magic
  subject:
    topic: Botany, Medical
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Plants
  subject:
    topic: Plants
    genre: Folklore
  classification: QK83 .E45 1974
  classification: 581
  classification: WZ 309 E53b 1974
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Bizarre plants: magical, monstrous, mythical
    name:
      name part: Emboden, William A.
    origin info:
      publisher: New York, Macmillan [1974]
    identifier: (OCoLC)652347665
  identifier: 73002749
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 740606
    record change date: 20251212162529.8
    record identifier: in00005672488
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng