Maguire San Ethnobotanical Collection
The data was collected between 1952 and 1975 by Mr Brian Maguire and his wife Dr Judy Maguire in close collaboration with Ju|'hoansi from Namibia and ǃXoõ in Botswana. This is a comprehensive collection, meticulously documented in various mediums available at the time (slides, photographs, fieldnotes, journals, manuscripts and drawings) providing a detailed description of plant use by traditional hunter gatherers of the Kalahari. Plant uses were extensive and categorised into the following themes: edible, medicinal, cosmetic and economic (e.g. for making bows and arrows, rope etc.).
Items in this collection are subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. Copyright Dr JM Maguire.
Collections in this community
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Brian Maguire - General [2]
Correspondance, photographs and general information pertaining to Brian Maguire -
Brian Maguire - Ph.D outline [0]
Original Ph.D outline: Synthesis of all botanical and Kalahari food-plant work -
Materials based on Ju|'hoan (previously known as !Kung or !Khu) practices [2]
Information gathered in Namibia (previously known as South West Africa) in the Nyae Nyae region -
Materials based on ǃXoõ (previously known as Kõ) practices [365]
Information gathered in Southern and South-Western Botswana -
Plant collection registers and general botanical information [0]
With specific reference to Makapansgat (South Africa), Nyae Nyae (Namibia) and Southern Botswana
Recent Submissions
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Grewia avellana Hiern
Grewia sp. recorded in the field as nǀam nǀoli OR nǀam nǀuli and identified as Grewia avellana Hiern by Maguire (1968). Later Traill (2018) verified the plant name as ’ǀnāhm ǀnûle. Fruits eaten usually with stones.
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