Recursos Tagged: Useful Plants

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  1. Chrysopogon zizanioides - Vetiver Grass

    Edible portion:Root - oil for flavouring A tropical grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has stout roots. It grows 2 m high. It grows in dense tufts. The leaf blades are 90 cm long by 4-10 mm wide. The flower panicle is oblong and 13-30 cm long. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas...
    Vetiver Grass Useful Plants Roots Roots and Tubers FPI Grasses Plant Information

  2. FM 2004 LEISA Magazine Vol 20 #1

    20/03/2004 Underutilized plant species Roselle in Senegal and Mali Canahua deserves to come back Genetic erosion of canahua Growing and marketing Andean grains Fonio: a small grain with potential Taro in Vanuatu Masuku Home gardens Native fruits Marugu Women reintroducing neglected crops The slow food...
    Underutilized Crops Roselle Senegal Mali home gardening Native Plants Home Garden Taro Useful Plants

  3. Tropical Palms

    01/01/2011 Originally published in 1998, this was updated in 2011 based on th most recent information regarding the conservation status and use of various tropical palm species. 240 pages, charts, photos Non-wood Forest Products, 10/Rev. 1
    Useful Tree Useful Plants Palm Varieties Palms

  4. The Gene Hunters: Biotechnology and the Scramble for Seeds

    01/01/1989 The world is on the verge of receiving new life forms that will profoundly and irrevocably change the global economy: the "gene hunters" who first cloned the gene in 1973 are now not only modifying existing species but also creating new plants and animals. Ready or not for such awesome power, the...
    Germplasm Resources Economic policy Developing countries Useful Plants Africa Plant Biotechnology

  5. Tropical Agriculture: Useful Palms

    01/01/1877 The author presents diffusing practical information concerning palmgrowth and useful products from palms.
    agriculture Tropical Agriculture Useful Plants

  6. Produtos florestais não-madeireiros

    01/01/2006 Os produtos florestais não-madeireiros (NTFP) são produtos provenientes de plantas silvestres e produtos animais recolhidos em florestas, tais como os frutos silvestres, frutos secos, raízes comestíveis, mel, plantas medicinais e carne de animais selvagens. Milhões de pessoas, principalmente...
    Edible forest gardens Useful Plants Edible Plants

  7. Plants of the Bible and How to Grow Them

    This book combines history with practical gardening information. This book investigates more than 40 plants mentioned in the Bible. It then gives easy-to-follow advise on how to grow it in your own house or garden.
    Plants in the Bible Useful Plants Useful Tree Gardening Trees Shrubs

  8. Plants of the Bible: A Complete Handbook to All the Plants With 200 Full-Color Plates Taken in the Natural Habitat

    This unique book is divided into two parts: the first--an ecologically inclusive picture of the interdependency of biblical man and his natural environment, stressing the role of plants in religion, the arts, agriculture, trade and daily life. The second--groups the plants into natural...
    Plants in the Bible Ecology Useful Plants Useful Tree Botany Plant Morphology

  9. Indian Uses of Desert Plants

    19/01/1995 In this book I have selected sixteen plants used by Indians that were considered to be among the most important and widespread in the arid Southwest. It is my hope that by learning how Indians used desert plants, we will begin to appreciate the botanical resources of the American Southwest.
    Useful Plants Desert Plants Arid Regions Arid Region Plants

  10. Permaculture Plants: A Selection

    Key Resource 19/01/1996 This is an easy-to-use guide to selecting hundreds of perennial species. It is indispensable for growers and designers working in subtropical and warm temperate/arid climates, and also includes some cool-climate tolerant species. Permaculture Plants: A Selection details hundreds of common and...
    Useful Plants Permaculture Ethnobotany