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Making the Most of Indigenous Trees
Average customer rating: Country: South AfricaFormat: Softcover
Publisher: BrizaISBN: 9781875093335 Publication date: December 2002 Length: 240mm Width: 167mm Thickness: 22mm Weight: 900g Edition: 2nd Revised edition Pages: 320 Illustrations: 750+ colour photographs Readership: General
Making the Most of Indigenous Trees
Author: Fanie Venter; Julye-Ann Venter
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This edition features seven additional tree species and a more accessible arrangement of trees according to their botanical name. This edition features seven additional tree species and a more accessible arrangement of trees according to their botanical name. More than 140 indigenous trees are discussed in detail with the following information provided for each tree: A detailed species description, diagnostic features, flowering and fruiting periods, natural distribution and habitat. The ecological role and utilisation by mammals, birds and insects. Economic value and use by people, including use in gardens and on the farm, as a source of food for humans and animals, fibre and medicine. Properties of the wood and its utilisation by people. Specific guidelines on propagation and cultivation of each species. A map indicating the distribution in South Africa. Swaziland and Lesotho is given for each species.
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