ABSTRACT
WhenIwasaskedtopresentapaperatthissymposiumonthe historyofplantsIreadilyagreed,butasIbegantopreparethepaper Irealiseditwouldbemorerealistictotalkaboutthehistoryof medicinalplantsinArabPharmacopoeiaoftheGulfregionandthe significanceofthissubjecttothethemeofthesymposium.
