The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia

• Main Author: Wickens, Gerald E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Forestry.; Trees.; Plant science.; Botany.; Nature conservation.; Agricultural economics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Tree Biology.; Agricultural Economics.; Nature Conservation.

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 c...

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.