Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of France

Published in 1947, Canon Paul-Victor Fournier's Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France (Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of France) is much more than a botanical work: it is a life's work. The fruit of decades of observation, fieldwork, and erudition, it remains today one of the most comprehensive references ever written on French medicinal flora.

1,500 plants listed. For each: an illustrated botanical description, scientific and vernacular names, chemical composition, uses, dosage, and potential dangers—according to the prescriptions of the Ancients as well as those of the modern School of Phytotherapy.

What you will find in this work:

• 1,500 medicinal and poisonous plants from France, described with botanical precision
• The scientific, common, foreign, and vernacular names of each species
• The chemical composition and therapeutic properties of each plant
• Dosage indications and warnings about dangerous uses
• A bridge between ancestral traditional medicine and modern phytotherapy

Written in accessible language without ever sacrificing scientific rigor, this work is aimed at the general public as well as specialists, herbalists, doctors, and field botanists. The "Flore Fournier," as it is affectionately known, remains an irreplaceable tool for anyone seriously interested in plants.

Paul-Victor Fournier (1877–1964) is also the author of the Quatre Flores de France (1940), a reference work for plant identification in the field.

✦ Grimoire Ancien's Review

Rare are the works that transcend decades without aging a bit. This one is among them. The "Flore Fournier" is not just another dictionary: it is a monument of French-language botanical literature, born from the passion of a man who dedicated his life to observing, documenting, and transmitting knowledge. For anyone wishing to build a serious library in phytotherapy or applied botany, this work is not an option—it is a foundation.