The Genus Inga

The Genus Inga
Author: T. D. Pennington
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1998
Genre: Nature
ISBN:
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The genus Inga is a large group of forest trees restricted to South America. This monograph describes and maps 258 species. Of these 253 are illustrated, and information is presented on distribution, ecology, field characteristics and species relationships. Additional chapters cover morphology, wood and bark anatomy, cytology, nonprotein amino acid chemistry, flavonoid chemistry, variation, relationships and distribution, and uses.

The Genus Inga

The Genus Inga
Author: T. D. Pennington
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Total Pages: 872
Release: 1997
Genre: Nature
ISBN:
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The genus Inga is a large group of forest trees restricted to South America. This monograph describes and maps 258 species. Of these 253 are illustrated, and information is presented on distribution, ecology, field characteristics and species relationships. Additional chapters cover morphology, wood and bark anatomy, cytology, non-protein amino acid chemistry, flavonoid chemistry, variation, relationships and distribution, and uses. There is a full list of exsiccatae and indexes to scientific and vernacular names.

Lost Crops of the Incas

Lost Crops of the Incas
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 1989-02-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 030904264X
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This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States. Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries.

Tropical and Subtropical Trees

Tropical and Subtropical Trees
Author: Margaret Barwick
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2004-10-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:
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In addition to the 1,981 color photographs of trees taken in the wild at the peak of their condition, and over two hundred tree silhouettes depicting height and spread, there are eighty specially commissioned artworks of the morphology of leaves, flowers and fruit, as well as a collection of quick-reference checklists that will help gardeners, designers and planners to choose appropriate species for specific use and conditions." "Tropical & Subtropical Trees is an essential reference book for all enthusiastic gardeners, designers, professional landscapers and landscape architects, students of botany, arboriculturists and horticulturists, as well as the curious traveller with an interest in and passion for the tropical and subtropical."--Jacket.