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Bedouin Ethnobotany Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World JAMES P. MANDAVILLE The University of Arizona Press Tucson The University of Arizona Press© 2011 The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved www.uapress.arizona.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mandaville, James P. Bedouin ethnobotany : plant concepts and uses in a desert pastoral world / James P. Mandaville. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. IBN 978-0-8165-2900-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Bedouins—Arabian Peninsula—Ethnobotany. 2. Bedouins— Arabian Peninsula—Social life and customs. 3. Ethnobotany—Arabian Peninsula. 4. Pastoral systems—Arabian Peninsula. 5. Desert plants— Arabian Peninsula. 6. Desert ecology—Arabian Peninsula. 7. Plant names, Popular—Arabian Peninsula. 8. Plants—Religious aspects— Islam. 9. Arabian Peninsula—Social life and customs. I. Title. DS36.9.B4M36 2011 581.6930953—dc22 2010044069 Manufactured in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper containing a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste and processed chlorine free. 16 15 14 13 12 11 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Kevin, Riki, and Peter, who have traveled these lands And to Ike, who someday might ...

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