Vegetable oils

Vegetable oils
Author:
Publisher: PROTA
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2007
Genre: Vegetable oils
ISBN: 9057821915

Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa

Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa
Author: Najma Dharani
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 1644
Release: 2019-03-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1775846091

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.

Medicinal Plants

Medicinal Plants
Author: Gaby H. Schmelzer
Publisher: PROTA
Total Pages: 793
Release: 2008
Genre: Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN: 9057822040

Fibres

Fibres
Author: Brink, M. & Achigan-Dako, E.G.
Publisher: PROTA
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN: 9290814810

This volume deals with the fibres of Tropical Africa. 515 ‘primary use’ fibres are described in 248 review articles. Many of the articles are illustrated with a geographic distribution map and a line drawing of the habit.

Timbers 2

Timbers 2
Author: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D. & Oteng-Amoako, A.A.
Publisher: PROTA
Total Pages: 804
Release:
Genre: Timber
ISBN: 9290814950

A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania

A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania
Author: Charles Foley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-06-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0691161178

Home to the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania offers some of the finest big game watching in the world, from elephants and rhinos to chimpanzees and lions. This field guide covers all the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals and some newly discovered species. Detailed accounts are provided for more than 135 species, along with color photos, color illustrations of marine mammals, and distribution maps. Accounts for land species give information on identification, subspecies, similar species, ecology, behavior, distribution, conservation status, and where best to see each species. The guide also features plates with side-by-side photographic comparisons of species that are easily confused, as well as first-time-ever species checklists for every national park. The definitive, most up-to-date field guide to the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals Features detailed species accounts and numerous color photos throughout Provides tips on where to see each species Includes species checklists for every national park