Acanthus ebracteatus

References

1. [1]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
2. [2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
3. [3]Medicinal Plants of East and Southeast Asia; Attributed Properties and Uses — Perry L.M. & Metzger J. · MIT Press; Cambridge, Massachussetts · 1980 · ISBN 0-262-16076-5 ↩︎A monumental work, detailing the traditional medicinal uses of plants from the region