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In ten pages this paper considers the study of ethnobotany as it pertains to Belize in an overview of the country, important ethnobotanist pioneers including Dr. Rosita Arvigo and Dr. Michael J. Balick, the influence of Mayan healer Don Elijio Panti; describes various medicinal uses of such plants as amor seco, mutamba, epazote, gervao, and simarouba; and also discusses the ethnobotanical contributions of the Ix Chel Farm, the Terra Nova Reserve, the Belize Association of Traditional Healers, and the Belize Ethnobotany Project. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.
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plants, people, and culture... the science of understanding how people relate to the environment around them. How they have related to it historically, how they interact with it in
the present, and perhaps how they will in the future" (Horrigan, 2006, p. 239). Ethnobotany emphasizes the intertwined evolution of plants and people within a geographical region, which means
that when there is a particular disease within this area, there is the likelihood of a plant growing nearby that can be used to treat the disease (Weiss, 1994).
Ethnobotany is hardly a new scientific discipline within the country of Belize. The study of the connection between people and plants has thrived in Belize for centuries. Belize is
a country situated on Central Americas Caribbean Coast, with Mexico at its northern border and Guatemala at its west (Ethnobotany and floristics of Belize, 2008). With a diverse population
estimated in 2008 at 320,000 people consisting largely of British transplants and indigenous Creoles, Mayans, and Mestizos, each ethnic group has an impressive background of innovative plant utilization. Belizes
extensive rainforests have enabled ethnobotany to take root and grow (Ethnobotany and floristics of Belize, 2008). Native Belizean healers have treated their patients with locally grown trees, roots, plants,
and shrubs for more than 2,000 years with more than 950 species from which to draw (Selbert, 1991; Horrigan, 2006). Out of these many varieties, there are five plants
in Belize that are commonly called upon to treat various ailments. Amor seco is an herbal perennial weed that in Belize is typically used to treat various back, muscle,
and joint body aches as well as headaches and kidney problems (Taylor, 2005). Mutamba is a tropical tree of medium size that produces a rough-barbed fruit that smells like
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