Trees Of Southern Africa
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| Author | : Braam van Wyk |
| Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
| Total Pages | : 2943 |
| Release | : 2013-08-06 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1775841049 |
This comprehensively updated and expanded edition of the region’s best-selling field guide to trees offers much, much more than the highly successful first edition. Fully updated text (including additional species entries) and distribution maps, numerous new photographs and a new 87-page section of full-tree photographs makes this well-loved guide even more indispensable in the field. Southern Africa has a rich variety of tree species, with an estimated 2 100 indigenous species and more than 100 naturalised aliens. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa describes and illustrates more than 1 000 of these, focusing on trees that are the most common and most likely to be encountered. Species are logically arranged in 43 groups based on easy-to-observe leaf and stem features, and each account is illustrated by full-colour photographs of the plant’s diagnostic parts. The text also touches on the practical uses of the plants.
| Author | : Braam Van Wyk |
| Publisher | : Briza Publications |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Trees |
| ISBN | : 9781920217044 |
An invaluable identification and reference guide to 300 of the more common tree species in the region both native and naturalized
| Author | : Braam van Wyk |
| Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2019-05-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1775846776 |
This book’s title says it all! Now in an updated second edition, it provides a clear understanding of how trees are constructed and what to look for when identifying a tree. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 describes and clearly illustrates the different parts of a tree and their role in tree identification. Part 2 features a key to 43 tree groups, based on easy-to-observe stem and leaf features. It carefully outlines each group and the southern African tree families represented in the different groups. Numerous colour photographs and explanatory illustrations support the text, making this an accessible and easy-to-use guide. How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa will equip readers with a sound understanding of how trees work and what to look for in order to make a positive ID. Sales points: Clear and explanatory introduction to tree identification; includes a tried and tested key to tree groups based on easy-to-observe features; new edition – updated to reflect latest taxonomic changes; ideal companion to field guides to trees.
| 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.
| Author | : Keith Coates Palgrave |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1360 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Botany |
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| Author | : Keith Coates Palgrave |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1990 |
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| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Climbing plants |
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Pocket list of Southern African indigenous trees is a complete and taxonomically inventory of all trees indigenous to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. A must for tree-spotters, plant lovers, gardeners and hikers, this definitive list of tree names and numbers is an aid to identification as well as a check on the correct spelling of botanical and common names. Features of this guide include: Currently accepted scientific names and frequently encountered botanical synonyms for all indigenous trees as well as selected shrubs and woody climbers. Standard and alternative common names in six of the more widely spoken languages in the region, namely Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu. Tree numbers for all entries. These are widely used as a handy means of marking trees along hiking trails, in nature reserves and at recreational resorts. Distribution maps u in colour - showing the geographical ranges of the various trees for the whole of southern Africa. Line drawings of selected tree species.
| Author | : Piet van Wyk |
| Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
| Release | : 2013-09-12 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1775840743 |
Southern Africa boasts a rich variety of tree species, both indigenous and exotic. Pocket Guide Trees of Southern Africa is an authoritative introduction to the region’s trees, describing and illustrating 132 species. This publication has its origins in Van Wyk’s A Photographic Guide to Trees of Southern Africa and has been fully revised and updated by well-known authority Braam van Wyk. Each species account highlights the key identification features, and also touches on the medicinal and commercial uses of the trees. This compact, easy-to-use guide makes an ideal travelling companion and will help readers to become more knowledgeable about trees.
| Author | : Quentin Luke |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2020-05-19 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9781775845492 |
Focuses on 100 common trees that can be seen in East Africa's parks and reserves. A brief introduction to the region and its habitats is followed by concise species descriptions highlighting key ID features such as bark, leaves, flowers and fruit, and commercial and traditional uses; entries are grouped by habitat and incorporate some 400 images.
| Author | : Enrico Liebenberg |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2015-07-09 |
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| ISBN | : 9780620652261 |
