An Illustrated Guide to the State of Health of Trees
An Illustrated Guide to the State of Health of Trees

Author: E. R. Boa

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9789251050200

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Effective management of tree health problems depends on early detection and recognition of symptoms. This guide includes 140 photographs of symptoms from more than 50 tree species, which can be used as a basis for demonstrating the effects of pest (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) influences on trees. It is not designed as an identification guide to insect pests and diseases of trees, but rather seeks to enable a preliminary diagnosis and assessment of potential problems, in order to promote better planning and more effective management of forests and trees.

Caper
Caper

Author: Ephraim Philip Lansky

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1439861366

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Caper: The Genus Capparis presents a pharmacognostic and ethnopharmacological exploration of the genus Capparis, emphasizing its medicinal potential. There is a long history of safe usage of Capparis parts both in diet and as plant drugs throughout the world, and the details of this usage are summarized in 39 tables covering numerous Capparis species. This detailed survey of historical and traditional medical uses of capers provides a forum for the integration of ethnomedicine and modern pharmacology. This book tracks the use of the genus Capparis from the present position of caper fruit and its flowers as a niche culinary article of economic importance, to ancient times and its use in traditional medicine of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Section I covers the various classes of compounds found in Capparis that hold potential for being physiologically and medically active, including alkaloids, flavonoids, vitamins, and proteins and amino acids. Section II examines therapeutic uses for Capparis species for medical conditions such as inflammation, rheumatism, diabetes mellitus, pain and fever, cancer, infections and infestations, hypertension, and more. The authors balance the role of this plant in mythological and religious thinking with advances in modern chemical and pharmacological research. Coverage of ethnomedical usage leads to practical discussions of how the unique evolution of the genus Capparis impacts present and future applications of the different species for medicine and therapeutic nutrition. Providing chemical and pharmacological reviews to an extent not previously undertaken, this book will serve as a firm basis for scientists interested in conducting research on this novel source of safe phytoceutical agents.

Trees in Patagonia
Trees in Patagonia

Author: Bernardo Gut

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-12-23

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 3764388382

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This book is a guide to the native trees and approximately 95% of the introduced arboreal species of Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. Keys based on vegetative characters and richly illustrated descriptions of more than 170 species form the core of the manual.

Year Book
Year Book

Author: International Dendrology Society

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1080

ISBN-13:

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The Worlds of the Moche on the North Coast of Peru
The Worlds of the Moche on the North Coast of Peru

Author: Elizabeth P. Benson

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2012-07-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0292737599

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The Moche, or Mochica, created an extraordinary civilization on the north coast of Peru for most of the first millennium AD. Although they had no written language with which to record their history and beliefs, the Moche built enormous ceremonial edifices and embellished them with mural paintings depicting supernatural figures and rituals. Highly skilled Moche artisans crafted remarkable ceramic vessels, which they painted with figures and scenes or modeled like sculpture, and mastered metallurgy in gold, silver, and copper to make impressive symbolic ornaments. They also wove textiles that were complex in execution and design. A senior scholar renowned for her discoveries about the Moche, Elizabeth P. Benson published the first English-language monograph on the subject in 1972. Now in this volume, she draws on decades of knowledge, as well as the findings of other researchers, to offer a grand overview of all that is currently known about the Moche. Touching on all significant aspects of Moche culture, she covers such topics as their worldview and ritual life, ceremonial architecture and murals, art and craft, supernatural beings, government and warfare, and burial and the afterlife. She demonstrates that the Moche expressed, with symbolic language in metal and clay, what cultures in other parts of the world presented in writing. Indeed, Benson asserts that the accomplishments of the Moche are comparable to those of their Mesoamerica contemporaries, the Maya, which makes them one of the most advanced civilizations of pre-Columbian America.

Trees
Trees

Author: Tony Russell

Publisher: Bookmart

Published: 2008-05-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781843099765

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* A richly illustrated guide to trees from around the world, with informative text combined with details of bark, branches, shoots, leaves, needles, buds, flowers, cones, nuts and fruit to help identify each species * Includes a comprehensive collection of well-known species such as beech, oak, larch, lime and hornbeam from the temperate world, and exotic fruit trees such as mango and breadfruit from the tropical regions, as well as colorful and unusual trees that are ecologically important worldwide * Fascinating information on the evolution of tree species and their natural distribution throughout the world * Over 1,400 watercolor artworks and maps, and 300 photographs add visually stunning detail to this comprehensive reference guide to the world of trees.