People's Plants: A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern AfricaPeople's Plants is a photographic guide to the useful plants of Southern Africa. Traditional and contemporary uses of more than 650 plants are described and illustrated in 20 chapters, each dealing with a specific category of plant use. More than 530 photographs. |
Contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 7 |
FOODS DRINKS CHAPTER 1 CEREALS | 9 |
SEEDS NUTS | 19 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | People's Plants: A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa |
| Authors | Ben-Erik Van Wyk, Nigel Gericke |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Briza Publications, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1875093192, 9781875093199 |
| Length | 351 pages |
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