Pbio 1030 exam 1 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

describe how rauvolfia serpentina has been used by ancient Indians, and how it got its name snakeroot. - ANSWERSused to treat mental illness along with snakebites, names comes from its long "sinewy" root (mongooses would eat it before batteling cobras also) explain how rauvolfia serpentina went from traditional to western medicine - ANSWERSlocals used it untill eventuall british scientists conducted studies on it and found it lowered blood pressure naturally define ethnobotany - ANSWERSs...

The study of relationships between indigenous cultures and native plants is called... - ANSWERSEthnobotany The root of which shrub was traditionally used as an antidote to snakebites and as a cure for insanity? - ANSWERSRauvolfia Serpentina The term, indigenous, best describes.... - ANSWERSPeople who follow their traditional lifestyles int heir native areas One way to remember that the shrub Rauvolfia Serpentina was the snakebite antidote was its... - ANSWERSlong sinuous root How doe...