This handy pocket field guide is also a detailed reference book for healers, botanists, professional guides working in the Lowveld and for anyone who is interested in medicinal plants. There’s a brief introduction on the veld and ecology of the Lowveld, after which over 150 species of plants and their uses are described (arranged in alphabetical order ofr easy reference), with an emphasis on specific parts of the plant. Scientific, English, Afrikaans and vernacular (usually Tsonga and Venda) names are used. The book also lists uses of the various plant species according to systems and symptoms. These range from muscular pain, headaches, intestinal symptoms and respiratory complaints to wounds, burns ,toothache and snakebite. Technical terminology is described in a glossary.