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There is definitely a point to having a guide explain things in the ethnobotanic garden of Oaxaca. There were no signs, but the guide was very knowledgeable and explained all about the wild and the cultivated, the native and the species that were brought here by the Europeans. The state of Oaxaca, according to the guide, is an incredibly biodiverse place and is home to more plant species than grows wild in all of Europe. And the different peoples of Oaxaca have been using the plants for everything from food and medicines to fiber production and dyes for centuries, way before the Spanish arrived with their monks to catalogue it all.
Photo: Jardín Ethnobotánico de Oaxaca, Mexico, November 2017. Posted on Instagram March 30, 2021.
Katja Malmborg 