Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa
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.
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Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa
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.
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Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa

Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa

by Najma Dharani
Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa
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Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa

Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa

by Najma Dharani

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781775846093
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date: 03/01/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 480
File size: 30 MB
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About the Author

Ethnobotanist Dr Najma Dharani lectures in Environmental Sciences at Kenyatta University, Kenya. She is the author and photographer of a range of titles including Field Guide to Common Trees and Shrubs of East Africa and Field Guide to Acacias of East Africa. Dr Abiy Yenesew is Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. His primary work concerns the biological activities of medicinal plants. He is also a programme officer with the Natural Product Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA).
Najma Dharani, the author and photographer, holds a PhD in Plant and Environmental Ecology. She works at Kenyatta University in the Department of Plant Sciences and as Consultant Research Scientist at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Introduction 4
How the book is arranged 4
Vegetation zones of East Africa 5
Trees and traditional medicine 6
Classification of plants 6
Key words 7
Family descriptions 8
Trees 23
Shrubs 197
Palms 292
Mangroves 305
Glossary 314
Botanical terms 314
Medical terms 317
Illustrated glossary 318
Further reading 325
Index 325
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