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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia
  name:
    name part: Wickens, Gerald E.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2008
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XL, 498 p. online resource.
  abstract: This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs, famous trees, folk traditions and mythology, art associations, life cycle, natural history, cultivation, conservation, distribution and ecology, and phytogeography. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration. This book fills a gap in the botanical literature. It deals with a genus that has fascinated and intrigued scientists and lay persons for centuries. It will appeal to scientists and academics as well as tropical horticulturalists, conservationists and general interest readers. It includes all the available scientific information about each of the eight species, and contains a good deal of original research on the history, ethnobotany and biology of the genus. There is even a chapter devoted to areas where further research is required.
  table of contents: Historical Background -- Famous Trees -- Folklore and Tradition -- Food and Fodder -- Human and Veterinary Medicine -- Other Uses of the Baobab -- Art and Iconography -- Baobab Biology -- Natural History -- Conservation -- Cultivation -- Taxonomy -- Distribution and Ecology -- Phytogeography -- Unfinished Business.
  note: by Gerald E. Wickens.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Trees
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Nature conservation
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural economics
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Tree Biology
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural Economics
  subject:
    topic: Nature Conservation
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  classification: QK1-989
  classification: 580
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9781402064319
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6431-9
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