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| 1. Britain's Wild Harvest
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| Economic Botany
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At the start of the 21st century Britain's wild plants and fungi still play a role in our economy. This book, the first of its kind, explains which species are used, where they are gathered, and how they are processed for the marketplace. F......
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£9.95 | 11.95
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| 2. Why People Need Plants
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| Economic Botany
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NOW IN STOCK The theme of the book is plants and the living planet and it explores the crucial role that plants play in the everyday lives of all of us. Readers are introduced to those areas that are likely to stimulate their interes......
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£17.00 | 20.40
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| 3. Plants + People
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| Economic Botany
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Plants + People shows the many fascinating ways in which we depend on plants. Based on Kew's unique Economic Botany Collection, it includes the products of traditional societies from the Amazon to Australia; the sophisticated artistry of Ja......
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£3.50 | 4.20
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| 4. Plants for Food and Medicine
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| Economic Botany
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The proceedings of the Economic Botany and the International Society of Ethnopharmacology Conference, London, 1996, exploring the commercial and scientific potential of plants for the food, health and drug industries. It focuses on the curr......
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£35.00 | 42.00
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| 5. Economic Botany Data Collection Standard
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| Economic Botany
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Interest in the uses of plants has increased rapidly recently, with different groups using different standards both when collecting and when compiling databases. The TDWG, recoginsing the need for a standard to ensure consistent recording o......
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£21.00 | 25.20
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| 6. Cyperaceae of Economic, Ethobotanical and Horticultural Importance: A Checklist
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| Economic Botany
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Sedges (Cyperaceae) form the third largest family in the Monocotyledons, with an almost cosmopolitan distribution and world-wide economic importance. This is the first book to give a comprehensive analysis of their economic, ethnobotanical......
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£15.00 | 18.00
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| 7. The Desert Date and its Relatives: a Revision of the Genus Balanites
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| Economic Botany
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The desert date (Balanites aegyptiaca) has been used in Egypt for over 4000 years as a valuable source of oil and medicines. Nine species and 11 infraspecific taxa are described plus one subspecies and two varieties for the first time. Ther......
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£15.00 | 18.00
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| 8. A Lacquer Legacy at Kew
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| Economic Botany
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A Lacquer Legacy at Kew depicts, in full colour, the unique collection of raw materials, tools and the exquisite Japanese lacquer collection commissioned by Kew in 1881, accompanied by the original report. With sections on the history, bot......
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£22.00 | 26.40
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| 9. Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever: Medicinal Species in Latin America a Bibliographic Survey
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| Economic Botany
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Listing of plants occurring in northern Latin America used in malaria and fever treatment. Additional information includes region where plant is used, plant parts used, screening results for malaria treatment, habitat and chemical constitue......
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£25.00 | 30.00
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| 10. Edible Wild Plants of Sub Saharan Africa
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| Economic Botany
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Covers all major plant groupings - ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms - alphabetically by genus and species, and details the parts of the plants that may be, or are, edible. 240pp. 245 x 155mm. Paperback. ISBN 0947643516......
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£25.00 | 30.00
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