Since the dawn of humanity, the lives of plants and people have been intimately interwoven. Plants are fundamental to our survival - they sustain us with air to breathe, food to eat, materials to make clothes and shelter with, and medicine to treat and prevent disease. Western nations claimed to have discovered innumerable plant species over the course of their colonial history, yet within Indigenous cultures these plants have been known, and their significance recognized, for centuries. Beautifully illustrated with 100+ botanical artworks from the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Ethnobotanical shines a spotlight on this traditional knowledge through the stories of plants from across the globe. From plant origin myths, such as the Mesoamerican legend of the princess who was turned into a vanilla flower after rejecting the advances of a god, to their practical uses, such as the oil of India's neem tree which acts as a mosquito repellent to prevent malaria, The Ethnobotanical offers a unique perspective on plants and the interconnectedness of plants and culture, which benefits biodiversity, the natural world and humankind, too.