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The Herbage Database, now in its fourth edition, contains 30,523 Plant Species, 18,200 Common Names, and 312,079 links to current internet resources, including 9,341 links to scientific abstracts on PubMed. All of the internet resources, which are new in this edition, were compiled in April of 2004. Herbage was first initiated in September 1994. Herbage Fourth Edition comes on a single CD-ROM. It may be run directly from the CD-ROM drive. It may also be loaded onto a hard drive, which requires 200 MB of space. It is web-browser based, compatable with any Windows, Macintosh, or Unix computer Monographs are linked to hundreds of thousands of articles and images via the internet, providing an exhaustive tool for in-depth global herb research. Each species listing has links to powerful image and article searches. Features: >Presents information from diverse fields, including botany, ethnobatany, entheobotany, & Asian traditional medicine >Addresses the global uses of all plant families >Organises monograph information in 12 categories, including plant family, indigenous use, & body parts treated by plant >Alphabetical listing of plant species >Web-browser based, compatible with any Windows, Macintosh or Unix computer 'This CD is the premier source for information on medicinal and useful plants. It belongs in every herb lovers library. It can be used for all Mac and Windows-based PC's, and runs right from the CD. This user-friendly guide puts information at your fingertips. Searches are quick and easy. They can be done by family, common, or Latin name, plant use, or geographic range. So far as the medicinal uses are concerned, you can search by plant action, body part, disease, condition, or plant ingredients' - The Herb Gardener Library 'The arrangement of this material will be of interest to those all over the world who study plants and their uses' - National Biodiversity Network 'An inventory of claimed attributes and historical uses by cultures throughout the world' - American Society of Plant Biologists (ISBN:) (For this item please quote stock ID 22473)