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Title:

Fruit trees and useful plants in Amazonian life / editors Patricia Shanley ... [et al.].

Edition:

Rev. Eng. ed.

Publisher:

Food and Agriculture Organization ;

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xxiv, 353 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Plants, Useful--Amazon River Region.
Plants, Edible--Amazon River Region.
Rain forest plants--Amazon River Region.
Botany, Economic--Amazon River Region.
Fruit--Amazon River Region.

Other Authors:

Shanley, Patricia, 1955-
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Notes:

"This edition is a revised and updated version of the original Portuguese edition."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p.285-298) and index.

Contents:

Trees and vines -- Andiroba (Carapa guianensis) -- Bacuri (Platonia insignis) -- Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) -- Cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa and Uncaria guianensis) -- Copa©Ưba (Copaifera spp.) -- Ip©®-roxo, pau d'arco (Tabebuia mpetiginosa) -- Jatob©Ł (Hymenaea courbaril) -- Mahogany, mogno (Swietenia macrophylla) -- Piqui©Ł (Caryocar villosum) -- Rubber tree, seringueira (Hevea brasiliensis) -- Titica (Heteropsis spp.) -- Uxi, uchi (Endopleura uchi)
Palm trees and diverse other species -- A©ʹa©Ư (Euterpe oleracea) -- A©ʹa©Ư (solitary) (Euterpe precatoria) -- Buriti, moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa) -- Inaj©Ł (Attalea maripa [syn: Maximiliana maripa]) -- Patau©Ł (Oenocarpus bataua) -- Pupunha, peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) -- Tucum©Đ of Amazonas (Astrocaryum aculeatum [syn: A. tucuma]) -- Diverse other species -- Forests for the people -- Conflicting uses: diverse perspectives of forest value -- Multiple-use management -- Forest culture.

Series:

Non-wood forest products ; 20

ISBN:

9251070075
9789251070079

OCLC:

(OCoLC)773670573

LCCN:

2012401032

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)