With 2412 species described,of which 232 are assessed asglobally threatened and 82 asstrictly endemic, from an areaof 2390 km2, this bookdocuments what nowappears to be Tropical Africa’s richest centre of diversity.Chapters are included on Red Data plant species (with16 pages of colour), vegetation, the physicalenvironment, ethnobotany and medicinal plants, sacredgroves, the vertebrate fauna, invasive, alien and weedyplants, and the protected areas system.