- Bib ID:
- 4360142
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wickens, Gerald E
- Description:
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- Kew, UK : Springer, c2008
- xl, 498 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- Summary:
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This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs, famous trees, folk traditions and mythology, art associations, life cycle, natural history, cultivation, conservation, distribution and ecology, and phytogeography. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration.
- Full contents:
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- achapter 1. Historical Background
- ch. 2. Famous trees
- ch. 3. Folklore and Tradition
- ch. 4. Food and Fodder
- ch. 5. Human and Veterinary Medicine
- ch. 6. Other Uses of the Baobab
- ch. 7. Art and Iconography
- ch. 8. Baobab Biology
- ch. 9. Natural History
- ch. 10. Conservation
- ch. 11. Cultivation
- ch. 12. Taxonomy
- ch. 13. Distribution and Ecology
- ch. 14. Phytogeography
- ch. 15. Unfinished Business.
- Notes:
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- Includes indexes.
- Includes bibliographies.
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Lowe, Pat, 1941-
- Also Titled:
- Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia.
- Copyright:
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