Author: M. D. Dassanayake
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9789061910633
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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This work offers a description of all plant families.

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Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789061910633
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work offers a description of all plant families.

Author: Monika Shaffer-Fehre
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482280361
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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Although ferns were not included in Trimen?s original five-volume ?A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon?, they form a significant part of the vascular flora of the island. A good deal of fern research was carried out contemporaneously to, but independently of Trimen?s work. Publications, though, were widely scattered throughout the literature or const

Author: Monika Shaffer-Fehre
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482280418
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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Although ferns were not included in Trimen?s original five-volume ?A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon?, they form a significant part of the vascular flora of the island. A good deal of fern research was carried out contemporaneously to, but independently of Trimen?s work. Publications, though, were widely scattered throughout the literature or const

Author: M. D. Dassanayake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Author: M. D. Dassanayake
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789054102700
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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This book provides an accessible taxonomic base for acanthaceae; rubiaceae; and sapindaceae of Sri Lankan vegetation. It forms a significant part of the vascular flora of the island.

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Languages : en
Pages : 708

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Author: James Silk Buckingham
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 912

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Author: T. Pullaiah
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 135173766X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 2242

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This new 5-volume set, Ethnobotany of India, provides an informative overview of human-plant interrelationships in India, focusing on the regional plants and their medicinal properties and uses. Each volume focuses on a different significant region of India, including Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Deccan Volume 2: Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Volume 4: Western and Central Himalaya Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India With chapters written by experts in the field, the book provides comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around them. Each volume includes an introductory chapter with an overview of the region and then goes on to cover ethnic diversity and culture of the ethnic tribes plants used for healing and medical purposes for humans and animals ethnic food plants and ethnic food preparation specific information on the ethnomedicinal plants, the parts used, and the diseases cured other uses of plants by the ethnic tribes, such as for fiber, dyes, flavor, and recreation conservation, documentation, and management efforts of the ethnic communities and their plant knowledge The books include the details of the plants used, their scientific names, the parts used, and how the plants are used, providing the what, how, and why of plant usage. The volumes are well illustrated with over 100 color and 130 b/w illustrations. Together, the five volumes in the Ethnobotany of India series bring together the available ethnobotanical knowledge of India in one place. India is one of the most important regions of the old world, and its ancient and culturally rich and diverse knowledge of ethnobotany will be valuable to many in the fields of botany and plant sciences, pharmacognosy and pharmacology, nutraceuticals, and others. The books also consider the threat to plant biodiversity imposed by environmental degradation, which impacts cultural diversity.

Author: M. D. Dassanayake
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351469517
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461

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This reference work on the flora of Ceylon describes every plant family, including: araliaceae; caricacae; dilleniaceae; fabaceae; loganiaceae; oleaceae; plataginaceae; portulacaceae; rhamnaceae; theaceae; tiliaceae; and violoaceae.