Kava: The Pacific Elixir
Kava: The Pacific Elixir
Vincent Lebot · first published 1997 · ISBN 9780892817269
The standard scholarly treatment of kava, covering the botany, the cultivar diversity across the Pacific, the chemistry of the kavalactones, and the ceremonial contexts. Still the reference other kava writing cites.
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The scholarly standard on kava: cultivar diversity across the Pacific, kavalactone chemistry, and the ceremonial contexts, all in one place. Still the reference that later kava writing leans on.