Download or read book A Botanist in Borneo written by Hugh Low and published by Natural History Publications (Borneo). This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo written by Odoardo Beccari and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicinal Plants of Borneo written by Simon Gibbons and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich biodiversity of Borneo provides many useful plants for medicinal purposes. Written by experts in the field, Medicinal Plants of Borneo provides a guide and introduction to the medicinal plants from Borneo used traditionally as well as plants whose medicinal uses have been recently discovered. These include anti-HIV plants – such as Calophyllum lanigerum (calanolide A) – and anti-cancer plants – such as Aglaia foveolata (silvestrol). The book also provides information on the relevant medicinal chemistry, such as isolated bioactive compounds and the mechanism of action, where available. FEATURES Discusses the rich experience in the use of medicinal plants and the wide diversity of Borneo’s botanical resources Presents plants with medicinal properties from a scientific perspective Provides readers with current information on the chemistry and pharmacology of natural products with pharmaceutical potential Covers a range of chemical, botanical and pharmacological diversities Forms an important part of the Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants series due to an increasing global interest in natural products and botanical drugs Simon Gibbons is Head of the School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, UK, and a Professor of Natural Product Chemistry. He was formerly a Professor of Medicinal Phytochemistry at the School of Pharmacy, University College London (UCL). Stephen P. Teo is a forest botanist with the Forest Department, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Download or read book Pitcher plants of Borneo written by Anthea Phillipps and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 1996 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few carnivorous plants fuelthe imagination more thanpitcher plants. Chapters coverhistory, biology, ecology, andfolklore, and a detailed account of the 40 species found in Borneo -- all illustrated in colour.
Download or read book Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo written by Odoardo Beccari and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Contribution to the Bibliography of the Botany of Borneo written by Elmer Drew Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo written by Odoardo Beccari and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo: Travels and Researches of a Naturalist in Sarawak To naturalists generally, but especially to botanists, the author of the following pages stands in no need of introduction. His work in Borneo, which he here describes, was but the prelude to many years of travel and exploration which have found expression, in so far as regards their scientific results, in the pages of various Societies' publications, and the shelves and drawers of the great museums of Italy and other countries - a monument alike to the author's botanical and zoological knowledge and his tireless zeal as a collector. But while his name is thus familiar to the student of science, notably to those who have made the fauna and flora of the Eastern Archipelago a special subject of research, it is probably less so to what an old translator once contemptuously described as "the mere English reader," or - as it would nowadays be phrased - the man in the street. To the latter it is only necessary to say that no one is more fully qualified to act as guide to the great island amidst whose primeval forests he wandered for so long. Whether the scientific reader does or does not admit the validity of all Dr. Beccari's theories concerning species-formation, he cannot call in question his abundant experience of the country, or his knowledge of the subjects of which he treats. Dr. Beccari tells us that nearly forty years have passed away since the days of which he writes, and deems an apology necessary for so lengthy a hesitation. Certainly, in these days of "steam and speed," a forty-year-old description of a country might seem to a hasty thinker something more than a little out of date. Were he to reject the volume on these grounds, his conclusion would be an erroneous one, and he would miss not a little. These vast primeval groves, through which the author will guide him so pleasantly, secure from mosquito's bite and equatorial temperatures, are to-day as they have been from almost the beginning of things. The stupendous trees which form them have turned from seedling to mould for aeons not to be numbered. Beneath the shade of their predecessors the common ancestors of Man and Mayas may have wandered; and though change is touching even the unchanging East, and there are such things as volcanoes to be reckoned with, the end of the Bornean forest is not, as yet, within sight. It is with nature rather than man that Dr. Beccari deals, and nature needs something more than a generation to get out of date. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo written by Odoardo Beccari and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Wanderings In The Great Forests Of Borneo: Travels And Researches Of A Naturalist In Sarawak Odoardo Beccari Francis Henry Hill Guillemard Enrico Hillyer Giglioli A. Constable & co., ltd., 1904 Artocarpus; Banana; Bananas; Borneo; Botany; Zoology
Download or read book Borneo written by Tamara Thiessen and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the steamy highlands and sapphire watered islands of Sabah and Sarawak, to the mesmerising mosques and mysticism of the Sultanate of Brunei, the island of Borneo is a wonder world of colourful tribal cultures, exotic rainforest creatures. Straddling the Equator, and swept in by various Seas and Straits, it is home to the orang-utan, long-nosed beer-bellied proboscis monkeys, and otherworldly carnivorous plants straight out of Lord of the Rings. The latest edition of the Bradt Travel Guide to Borneo provides fully updated insider information for touring the island including regional capitals, rural outposts and National Parks.
Download or read book The Gardens of the Sun Or A Naturalist s Journal on the Mountains and in the Forests and Swamps of Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago written by Frederick William Burbidge and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Borneo written by Stewart MacPherson and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Borneo" is a lavishlyillustrated overview of the thirty nine species of Bornean pitcherplants (Nepenthes). Several species featured in this work havebeen discovered extremely recently, and the images included inthis work are among the first to be published.This visually beautiful guide book consists of a shortintroduction to Nepenthes, followed by an overview of the speciesknown from Borneo (complete with full page map). Each species isthen profiled over two pages with the use of three images (most ofwhich have never been published before) and a brief, but detailedtext summary written in clear, easy-to-understand English.Concluding sections cover Nepenthes hybrids, conservation ofBornean pitcher plants, Bibliography, Index, and About theAuthors.The species documented in this work are:N. albomarginata, N. ampullaria, N. appendiculata, N. baramensis,N. bicalcarata, N. boschiana, N. burbidgeae, N. campanulata, N.chaniana, N. clipeata, N. edwardsiana, N. ephippiata, N.epiphytica, N. faizaliana, N. fusca, N. glandulifera, N. gracilis,N. hirsuta, N. hispida, N. hurrelliana, N. lowii, N. macrophylla,N. macrovulgaris, N. mapuluensis, N. mirabilis, N. mollis, N.muluensis, N. murudensis, N. northiana, N. pilosa, N. platychila,N. rafflesiana, N. rajah, N. reinwardtiana, N. stenophylla, N.tentaculata, N. veitchii, N. villosa, N. vogeliiHighlights include:1. coverage and unique images of the recently discoveredNepenthesbaramensis, N. appendiculata and N. epiphytica.2. Unique, never-before published images of many rare andlittle-known Nepenthes, including N. glandulifera, N. hurrelliana,N. mapuluensis, N. platychila and N. vogelii.
Download or read book On the Flora of Mount Kinabalu in North Borneo written by Otto Stapf and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Contribution to the Flora and Plant Formations of Mount Kinabalu and the Highlands of British North Borneo written by Lilian Suzette Gibbs and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo written by Odoardo Beccari and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Bibliographic Enumeration of Bornean Plants written by Elmer Drew Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gardens of the Sun written by F. W. Burbidge and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tropical, equitorial island of Borneo, with its exotic flora and fauna and fabled "head-hunters," inspired some of the most richly descriptive books to emerge from the great days of nineteenth-century exploration. One such book is F.W. Burbidge's now classic The Gardens of the Sun, first published in 1880. Although the main object of the author's journey was the collection of new plants, The Gardens of the Sun is much more than simply a naturalist's journal. Rather, it is a delightful, vividly written record of travel and discovery through what he terms "the enormous conservatories of beautiful vegetation--great Zoological Gardens inhabited by rare birds and curious animals." Little escaped Burbidge's eye during his journeys through Sarawak, Labuan, and the north of Borneo to Sulu, and he is equally at home describing his encounters with the native peoples and their customs as he is in writing of the world of nature.
