Times of the Islands Winter 2018/19
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
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Opposite page: Simple leaves, reddish petioles and tiny waxy yellow flowers make smooth snakebark Colubrina elliptica a subtly attractive<br />
tree. It is a useful landscaping tree, remaining small and clean.<br />
Above: Holding court from his home in Lorimers, Middle Caicos, Alton Higgs is a renowned local bush doctor and herbalist.<br />
Magnificent Mauby<br />
The un<strong>of</strong>ficial national tonic <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Turks & Caicos <strong>Islands</strong>.<br />
“Bush doctor,” I corrected my students, “not witch doctor. He makes herbal medications, he doesn’t fly<br />
around on a broom.” We approached <strong>the</strong> low, flat house, so shrouded in a tangle <strong>of</strong> fruit trees and wildly<br />
scrambling ornamental vines that it looked as though it was being coaxed down for a nap in <strong>the</strong> undergrowth.<br />
Hanging baskets and shelves swinging from tree branches filled gaps in <strong>the</strong> foliage, as did a hefty<br />
growth <strong>of</strong> flowering plants on <strong>the</strong> ground.<br />
Story & Photos By B Naqqi Manco, TCI Naturalist<br />
<strong>Times</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islands</strong> <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong>/<strong>19</strong> 23
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