Download or read book Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Selection of Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernacular names of trees and shrubs. Useful trees and shrubs: primary list. Useful trees and shrubs: secondary list. Summary table of trees and shrubs and their uses.
Download or read book Field Guide to Common Trees Shrubs of East Africa written by Najma Dharani and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 1644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated and expanded, this third edition of the top-selling Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa now features more than 520 of the trees and shrubs – indigenous and naturalized exotics – commonly found in the region. Each of the four sections – trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves – is arranged in alphabetical order according to scientific name. The book features: an informative introduction to families. Species accounts describing the plants’ habitat, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit. General and commercial applications and uses in traditional medicine. Almost 2,000 photographs depicting the species, its fruit, flowers and bark. Glossaries, both textual and illustrated, of botanical and medical terms. An invaluable ID guide to the trees and shrubs in gardens, parks and along roadsides of East Africa.
Download or read book Medicinal Plants written by Gaby H. Schmelzer and published by PROTA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Trees and Shrubs for Tanzania written by L. P. Mbuya and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Trees of East Africa written by Rudolphe Lemmens and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-12 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Useful trees of East Africa, is the second book of the author on indigenous trees for the East African region. The first book, Growth and Cultivation of 85 Indigenous Trees of Uganda, published in 2010 is out of print. This new version describes 130 mostly indigenous species of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Special attention is given to services of the trees to humans and the environment. It includes a complete botanical description, wood properties, wood products, propagation, management, and distribution of the trees. For identification purposes icons are used, local and botanical names are provided, as more than 500 pictures of the trees, made by the author.
Download or read book Plant Resources of Tropical Africa PROTA written by Dominique Louppe and published by PROTA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kenya Trees Shrubs and Lianas written by Henk Beentje and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Trees of East Africa written by Rudolphe Lemmens and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Useful trees of East Africa, is the second book of the author on indigenous trees for the East African region. The first book, Growth and Cultivation of 85 Indigenous Trees of Uganda, published in 2010 is out of print. This new version describes 130 mostly indigenous species of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Special attention is given to services of the trees to humans and the environment. It includes a complete botanical description, wood properties, wood products, propagation, management, and distribution of the trees. For identification purposes icons are used, local and botanical names are provided, as more than 500 pictures of the trees, made by the author.
Download or read book Useful Trees and Shrubs for Uganda written by A. B. Katende and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Know Some Useful Trees and Shrubs for Agricultural and Pastoral Communities of Rwanda written by J. B. Nduwayezu and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Trees and Shrubs of Ethiopia written by Azene Bekele-Tesemma and published by Relma in Icraf Project. This book was released on 2007 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Trees and Shrubs for Ethiopia written by Azene Bekele-Tesemma and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicinal plants 2 written by Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. and published by PROTA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROTA 11 deals with the medicinal plants of Tropical Africa. Because the group is very large, it has been subdivided into 4 volumes. This volume, PROTA 11(2), describes 409 medicinal plants in 146 review articles. All articles are illustrated with geographic distribution maps and many with botanical line drawings.
Download or read book Medicinal Plants of East Africa written by J. O. Kokwaro and published by University of Nairobi Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicinal Plants of East Africa is a revised edition of the book first published in 1976 on herbal remedies and he traditional medical practice of East Africa. The book covers the rich diversity of plants found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, from sea to alpine plants. East Africa also has a rich ethnic diversity and a large number of herbalists whose traditional knowledge and practices are also covered in the book. Over 1500 species are described and for the first time over 200 of these herbs have been illustrated. Also included are maps detailing where the herbs were collected and an ethnographic map detailing the tribes of each herbalist whose knowledge is contained in the book. John Kokwaro is an Eminent Professor of Botany and a research specialist on herbal remedies at the University of Nairobi.
Download or read book Plant Invasions in Protected Areas written by Llewellyn C. Foxcroft and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive global review of all aspects of alien plant invasions in protected areas. It provides insights into advances in invasion ecology emanating from work in protected areas, and the link to locally relevant management support for protected areas. The book provides in-depth case studies, illuminating interesting and insightful knowledge that can be shared across the global protected area network. The book includes the collective understanding of 80 ecologists and managers to extract as much information as possible that will support the long-term management of protected areas, and the biodiversity and associated ecosystem services they maintain. “This outstanding volume draws together pretty much all that can be said on this topic, ranging from the science, through policy, to practical action”. Dr. Simon N. Stuart, IUCN Species Survival Commission, UK. "This important and timely volume addresses two of the most serious problems affecting biodiversity conservation today: assessing the extent to which protected areas are impacted by biological invasions and the complex problems of managing these impacts. Written by leading specialists, it provides a comprehensive overview of the issues and gives detailed examples drawn from protected areas across the world". Professor Vernon H. Heywood, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, UK
Download or read book Descriptive Taxonomy written by Mark F. Watson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores how new technologies are facilitating more effective collection and dissemination of taxonomic data.
