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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=3>You might find some useful
market information via the Caribbean Herbs Business Association (CHBA):
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<DIV align=justify><A href="http://www.caribbeanherbs.net/nw_chb.htm"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS"
size=3>http://www.caribbeanherbs.net/nw_chb.htm</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=3>Josef
Brinckmann</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=3>----- Original
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=efletcher@skybest.com href="mailto:efletcher@skybest.com">Edward J
Fletcher</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=MPWG@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:MPWG@lists.plantconservation.org">PCA's Medicinal Plant Working
Group List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=Cafesombra@aol.com
href="mailto:Cafesombra@aol.com">Jennifer Chesworth</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [MPWG] caribean
lowlands</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000
size=3>Jennifer,</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000
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<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=3>One plant
of significance that you should have in your collection is Smilax regelii,
Honduran sarsaparilla.</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=3>This was
once upon a time consider a 'cure all' and was listed in most pharmacopoeias
at one time.</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=3>If you
have a list of plants that can be sustainably produced, please
forward and I will see if there </FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000 size=3>are ones
which we can purchase to support your efforts.</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000
size=3><BR>Genuinely,<BR>Edward J. Fletcher<BR>Strategic Sourcing,
Inc.<BR>Botanical Division<BR>115 Snow Ridge Rd.<BR>Banner Elk, N. C.
28604<BR>USA<BR>828.898.7642<BR>Fax.898.7647<BR><A
href="mailto:Efletcher@skybest.com">Efletcher@skybest.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.strategicsourcinginc.net">www.strategicsourcinginc.net</A></FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#008000
size=3></FONT></EM></STRONG><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From: </B>PCA's Medicinal Plant Working
Group List<BR><B>Sent: </B>12/2/2003 1:26 PM<BR><B>To:
</B>MPWG@lists.plantconservation.org<BR><B>Cc:
</B>ethnobotany@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [MPWG] caribean
lowlands<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Friends,</DIV>
<DIV> I am seeking advice regarding two botanical
collections I am helping to establish in Honduras. One will be located
at a rural clinic site about 45 minutes outside of the capital
city of Tegucigalpa (tropical temperate highland), the other will be
located at a botanical garden on the north coast (caribean lowland).
The climate zones are distinct though many of the same plants would I
am sure do well at either site. The main difference, though, is
that the caribean lowland site gets plenty of rain, while the number one
challenge for garden caretakers at the temperate site will be getting enough
water to the plants. So, probably arid-land-loving plants would be
best choices for that particular garden.</DIV>
<DIV> If you're willing, any suggestions of plants
to include in our collections would be welcome. Both gardens are
specifically medicinal plant collections, an emphasis will be placed on
local plants though we are not necessarily closed to exotic ideas. We
are especially interested in selecting a few key cash crops, to develop
market support that would generate enough income to keep the gardens
going. This could be an export crop of seeds, or dried herbs, or a
value-added product if we could handle producing it, ornamentals,
spices, or flowers for a local market... basically we want to pick
whatever will work.</DIV>
<DIV> We are also asking for direct market support,
for market contacts who would be willing to support our gardens by
contracting some crop from us specifically as a means of supporting the
clinical and educational aspects of our work. Both gardens are managed
under a cooperative alliance between non-profit Honduran agencies and my
agency, Herbalists Without Borders.</DIV>
<DIV> Thank you in advance for your ideas, </DIV>
<DIV> Jennifer Chesworth</DIV>
<DIV>FYI Here are a few descriptive paragraphs taken off the web about the
climatic conditions: </DIV>
<DIV>Tropical temporate highlands have an average high temperature
ranging from 30° C in April, the warmest month, to 25° C in January, the
coolest. The interior highlands have a dry season, known locally
as "summer," from November to April. Almost all the rain in this region
falls during the "winter," from May to September. Total yearly amounts
depend on surrounding topography; Tegucigalpa, in a sheltered valley,
averages only 1,000 millimeters of precipitation.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Caribbean lowlands have a tropical wet climate with consistently
high temperatures and humidity, and rainfall fairly evenly distributed
throughout the year, with daytime highs averaging between 28° C and 32°
C throughout the year. In the Caribbean lowlands, the only relief from
the year-round heat and humidity comes during December or January when an
occasional strong cold front from the north (a <EM>norte</EM>) brings
several days of strong northwest winds and slightly cooler
temperatures. Rain falls year round in the Caribbean lowlands.
Amounts are copious along the north coast...Near San Pedro Sula,
amounts are slightly less from November to April, but each month still has
considerable precipitation</DIV></DIV>
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