Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa

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Titel: Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa
Autor: Braam Van Wyk, Piet Van Wyk
Sprache: englisch
Verlag: Struik
Seiten: 536
ISBN: 1 86825 922 6
Aufgelegt am: 1997
VK Preis: £29.99

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Synopsis
This field guide to the trees of Southern Africa covers approximately 900 of the species found in the region. The trees are grouped into sections according to leaf shape, and each section is identified by a line drawing of the "leaf group". Each species is illustrated by photographs of the diagnostic tree parts, which may include flowers, fruit, bark, or a combination of these. Concise descriptions of each tree are written with an emphasis on identification and the authors provide additional information on medicinal and other uses of the tree parts where it may be of interest to the reader.

Fazit:
Das ist wirklich ein Field-Guide, mehr als zum bestimmen von Pflanzen vor Ort kann man das Buch kaum gebrauchen. Es sind fast ausschließlich nur Blätter und Blüten abgebildet. Die wenigsten Bäume zur Gänze abgebildet. Einige Palmen, 2 Baumfarne (Cyathea dregei, Cyathea capensis) und auch zB.: Encephalartos transvenosus. Letztere sieht wirklich interessant aus.

Als Vorgeschmack, wieviel über eine Pflanze im Buch steht, hier als Beispiel:

Moringa ovalifolia
Moringaceae
SA: 137 Spring Summer
Phantom tree
Sprokiesboom
Small tree with distinctive, squat, swollen stem and branches; occuring in arid areas, usally on rocky hillsides rarely on sandy flats. Bark smooth, pale grey to whitish. Leaves crowded near ends of branches, hairless. Flowers in large, many-flowered panicles. Fruit pod-like and pendulous, 3-sided, up to 400 mm long, splitting into3 valves.
The leaves and fruit are browsed by elephant, giraffe and springbok. Bark, wood and root eaten by small stock and porcupine. Root edible, but sour-tasting. Wood light, spongy and very brittle.

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Todd