Ornamental Tropical Shrubs

Ornamental Tropical Shrubs
Author: Amanda Jarrett
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2003
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781561642892

Offers advice on selecting, growing, and caring for ornamental tropical shrubs.

A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and Also of the Isle of Ceylon

A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and Also of the Isle of Ceylon
Author: Philippus Baldaeus
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1996
Genre: Coromandel Coast (India)
ISBN: 9788120611719

Translated From The High-Dutch Printed At Amsterdam, 1672. With All The Adjacent Kingdoms, Principalities, Provinces, Cities, Chief Harbors, Structures, Pagan Temples Products And Living Creatures. The Manners, Habits, Economies And Ceremonies Of The Inhabitants, As Like Wise The Most Remarkable War Like Exploits, Sieges, Sea And Field-Engagements Between The Portuguese And Dutch, With Their Traffic And Commerce. The Whole Adorned With New Maps And Draughts Of The Chief Cities, Forts, Habits, Living Creatures, Fruits Etc; Of The Products Of The Indies, Drawn To The Life, And Cut In Copper Plates, Also A Most Circumstantial And Complete Account Of The Idolatry Of The Pagans In The East-Indies, The Malabars, Benjans, Gentives, Brahmans & Etc. Taken Partly From Their Own Vedam Or Law-Book And Authentic Manuscripts; Partly From Frequent Conversation With Their Priests And Divines; With The Draughts Of Their Idols, Done After Their Originals.

Medicinal Plants

Medicinal Plants
Author: M Daniel
Publisher: Science Publishers
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2006
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781578083954

In addition to emphasizing the synergism of the components of these herbs, emerging trends like aromatherapy and antioxidant therapy are discussed and a handy user's guide is appended at the end." "This book is a valuable and indispensable reference book designed for teachers and students of phytochemistry, medicinal botany and pharmacy as also for biochemists, organic chemists, chemotaxonomists, medicinal practitioners (practicing herbal medicine), foresters, drug manufacturers, chemo/bioprospectors, and of course, to a layman interested in medicinal herbs."--Jacket.

CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants

CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 4038
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1482250640

Written as a reference to be used within University, Departmental, Public, Institutional, Herbaria, and Arboreta libraries, this book provides the first starting point for better access to data on medicinal and poisonous plants. Following on the success of the author's CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names and the CRC World Dictionary of Grasses, the author provides the names of thousands of genera and species of economically important plants. It serves as an indispensable time-saving guide for all those involved with plants in medicine, food, and cultural practices as it draws on a tremendous range of primary and secondary sources. This authoritative lexicon is much more than a dictionary. It includes historical and linguistic information on botany and medicine throughout each volume.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Flora of Tropical East Africa
Author: D. Brisdon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351447955

The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. This volume was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with assistance from the East Africain Herbarium. It contains a synopsis of subfamilies and tribe; as well as labelled diagrams.

Handbook of Flowering

Handbook of Flowering
Author: Abraham H. Halevy
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 782
Release: 1989-08-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780849339165

This volume is an exhaustive source of information on the control and regulation of flowering. It presents data on the factors controlling flower induction and how they may be affected b climate and chemical treatments. For each plant, specific information is provided on all aspects of flower development, including sex expression, requirements for flowering initiation and development, photoperiod, light density, vernalization, and other temperature effects and interactions. Individual species are described from the standpoint of juvenility and maturation, morphology, induction and morphogenesis to anthesis. All information is presented alphabetically for easy reference.